I was driving across IA, IL, IN, and parts of OH early in the week, up into MI on Thurs/Fri and never had a chance to stop for a look anywhere.
On the way home Friday (after a small problem with my truck) I decided to stop by and see a guy in Wisconsin. He'd called me some weeks back about stopping in a small shop in Nothern IL for a variety of saws, he'd mentioned 47's, D-30, 250's, etc. He called again last weekend and said they'd gone ahead and picked up most of it and he wanted to get some out of his workshop.
I arrived about 6:30 on Friday evening and started in the back of the shop where he had a heated area, right away found a couple of long bars, several NOS parts in bags, three flats of small parts in envelopes, and sorting through a few more boxes. They pulled out one NIB 795 cylinder, two more good used ones, and one unidentified piston (62879). They kept finding more NOS and good used parts for the bigger, older saws and soon we had a good pile going.
I wanted to look through some saws as well as I'd noticed a CP55 on top of a pile when I walked through the first time. They also had several Super 33's but none with the front handlebars. There were a couple of Wright GS5020's and two NOS blades. I found one that looked to be a Super 250 (turned out to be a 1-51 with the S250 top cover.
Finally, while digging around I saw a very particular looking handle under the pile and came up with the best find of the day.
First up, the parts I brought home on this trip. The blue hued flywheel covers in the back are from a Target cut off saw based on the 795.
I also picked up this bar display rack and the two longer bars, the big solid nose in 34/36" and the black & yellow one is 32". I already had the 28", 24" solid nose, and 18" bars on hand.
Here are the Wright saws and two new blades. I already have a runner so I will likely keep the best parts from these and may pass one (made up of leftover parts) to my older brother for his collection.
The Super 33's are pretty good looking, I can fit them with left over handle bars from several 35 part saws I have on hand but I would really like to find the original "full wrap" style for at least one of these.
The CP55 just needed fuel & oil and a couple of shots of prime to get it going. Seems to run very well, revs up nicely and idles well. I sharpened the chain and need to find a piece of wood to cut with this one.
The best is yet to come...
Mark
On the way home Friday (after a small problem with my truck) I decided to stop by and see a guy in Wisconsin. He'd called me some weeks back about stopping in a small shop in Nothern IL for a variety of saws, he'd mentioned 47's, D-30, 250's, etc. He called again last weekend and said they'd gone ahead and picked up most of it and he wanted to get some out of his workshop.
I arrived about 6:30 on Friday evening and started in the back of the shop where he had a heated area, right away found a couple of long bars, several NOS parts in bags, three flats of small parts in envelopes, and sorting through a few more boxes. They pulled out one NIB 795 cylinder, two more good used ones, and one unidentified piston (62879). They kept finding more NOS and good used parts for the bigger, older saws and soon we had a good pile going.
I wanted to look through some saws as well as I'd noticed a CP55 on top of a pile when I walked through the first time. They also had several Super 33's but none with the front handlebars. There were a couple of Wright GS5020's and two NOS blades. I found one that looked to be a Super 250 (turned out to be a 1-51 with the S250 top cover.
Finally, while digging around I saw a very particular looking handle under the pile and came up with the best find of the day.
First up, the parts I brought home on this trip. The blue hued flywheel covers in the back are from a Target cut off saw based on the 795.
I also picked up this bar display rack and the two longer bars, the big solid nose in 34/36" and the black & yellow one is 32". I already had the 28", 24" solid nose, and 18" bars on hand.
Here are the Wright saws and two new blades. I already have a runner so I will likely keep the best parts from these and may pass one (made up of leftover parts) to my older brother for his collection.
The Super 33's are pretty good looking, I can fit them with left over handle bars from several 35 part saws I have on hand but I would really like to find the original "full wrap" style for at least one of these.
The CP55 just needed fuel & oil and a couple of shots of prime to get it going. Seems to run very well, revs up nicely and idles well. I sharpened the chain and need to find a piece of wood to cut with this one.
The best is yet to come...
Mark
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