Any idea what year this reel was made?

Best date I could find on that model would be 1964 or 65. In 1966 that model reel was changed somewhat and built by DAM Quick (Germany? I think). Through the sixties the South Bend Co. went through some management changes and in 1964 South Bend was sold to the B.F. Gladding & Co. which was a well known maker of casting and fly lines.

Here are some links used in identifying your reel:

http://www.antiquefishinglures.com/southbendhistor...

http://cgi.ebay.com/SOUTH-BEND-MODEL-7604-SPINNING...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1966-SOUTH-BEND-FISHING-RODS-R...

That's an old looking reel you've got there, just out of interest whats the gears made from as very often older models from pre 1950 have brass gears, i would say about 1930 and most likely has a low retrieve ratio of about 1:2.

Looks like a design similar to an old Mitchell. Go to EBay and see if anything looks like it.

did you check their web site? i found an old Shakespeare reel at good will and i looked at the web site and they had a vintage section. all i did was put in the serial number and it told me what year.

Maybe in the 60s

Looks to be an early 1900's model to me.