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i'd be curious to have a conversion made. as well. i've always been a fan of the 704/706 series reels, but they had negative qualities that finally made me buy a VS. i still feel that they are the best overall alternative in the surf if you cannot buy a VS. now mine are backups.
the 706 was one of my original workhorses, but the roller noise finally got to me and the 704 w/ a manual bail returned. to my lineup. i figured that if penn would only take the time and money to put into this reel better metals and a few technology advancements, this would be the end all reel again. some of those included a anti-reverse roller bearing to replace the anti-reverse gear, dog, and spring which always fail. next, use higher quality aluminum in the spool, body, handle, and rotor to limit annodization. i know that when you scratch the annodized spool, salt corrodes it quickly and you need to paint it. i'd pay $200 for that type of reel all day long, but that will never come. i'm surprized no aftermarket company never did this like accurate did for the senator/squidder/jm reels. between painting spools, regreasing the reel weekly, cleaning drags daily, i just got tired of the tlc this reel needed for everyday service in the surf. thus, a VS.
now, professor, i taken my rotors and drilled holes in the bottom. each opening had a 1/4" drill hole in it. i didn't care about the sides of the cup as that just sprays water on my hands. sucks when it's cold. i'd pay for a higher quality metal cup with just those holes made in it and no stupid penn stickers on the side. of course, no bail - man conv. now, the next item would be a better housing cover. the new ones are plastic and the old ones are aluminum. both do not do a good job. i'd like to see a higher tollerance cover that is tigher and maybe includes a %$%$%$%$ing to make it water tight. i'm sure just extending the lips on both side that cover the housing would work, as well as tighter tolerences.
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