How old are my rapalas ?

[rsgoodwin1]

Hi,
I purchased 12 original rapala minnows recently at a garage sale.
They are maked "Finland" on the bottom, have a hand painted red stripe on the "mouth" and have a small red spinner on the end treble hook (There are 2 trebles. They are all about 3-4 inches long)). The lip on most is clear plastic with clear lettering saying "original rapala". I do have one that is like the above but the clear lip in the front has black lettering . Any idea on the age?
Thanks so much!

[fishfingers007]

hi , without pictures its a little hard to be sure, but the one's with clear marked diving vains would be about 1965---1980 and the other with black writing would be before this, as for spinner things i dont think they were there when they left the factory

[catfreak]

You'd probably get more help if you posted pics of the lures.

[bass309]

pics would help, i got some rapala from my grandfather, he was in world war II before, ect... I think they are more then 40 years old.

[celticcross]

yup, without pics, no id.

Tho, the members here that posted are right.

Has there ever been rapala fakes? I bet there has with any high dollar items.

That being said, i have a bunch of arbogast lures, OLD lures, as well as rapala.

Have a nice day, lets see some PICS, you got me pretty damn interested.