I remember those well,I didn't like them and most of my friends didn't either,we opted for Daiwa silver and Gold series reels that were new at that time.
still they were like tanks and almost never broke.the worts ting that broke on them were the bail springs.
the big daiwas also never broke,only bail springs broke.
AAMOF,I still have 2 of my old surf reels,a daiwa GS-3 and a daiwa GS-30.


R-P