I was replacing the tip on my dads old glass fly rod and I noticed that it said,

Revelation
Western Auto Stores
V-1103

I believe this was a bit before my time, was western auto store a type of general store, hardware type store?

How can I figure out the weight of the rod?

Any info would be great.

I found one artical when I googled by Castwell that mentioned the stores.
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/cst/cst011303.html

Thanks