Wow, that's pretty cool Stink. Are you wanting to give it to him from a Collectors standpoint or just because old ABU's are cool? I had an original ABU 5500 Striper that I bought when I was a teenager up to a few years ago when it "walked off". I shouldn't have even been using it but it was a smooth reel.

Anyway, the new ones are just as good, if not better, than the original ones. But I like the old ones because the look cool IMHO, especially those old silver ones or the green ones!

Oh, you might also try ebay. Lots of old ones on there!

Vintage ABU 5000 Reels on Ebay

This looks like what you're after - ABU 5000 with box