I was finally able to post a pic of the reel side frame at the Mitchell Reel Museum Facebook page. Feel free to move or do what you want. I’m just hoping someone can help me learn more about it.

Right now it works great but turns the head in the wrong direction when the anti reverse is on. Then the bail won't trip because it's cranking backward. I'm 99% sure putting the 301 head on the 300 body will make it work. But then I don't want to unscrew the handle so that and the main gear are like...

I'm not good at attaching images but I recently bought a Mitchell 300 side plate marked Mitchell 304.Once I got it I tried to attach it to a standard 300 body and it fit perfect. I thought I bought a 300 part with a typo. Then it got interesting. The numbers and lettering were aligned as a 300. The ...