Alpina and Castor Chainsaws

[vintagestuff]

How valuable/ collectable are these saws? I have an Alpina 0-70S and a Castor 330, which is just a Remington Mighty Mite. These are the only 2 I have seen besides the saws on here. Also, are these manufacturers the same company?

 

[chainsawwhisperer]

I don't know much about the Castor saws, but the Alpina saws seem to be quite sought after. I'd love to have one of the bigger Alpinas in my collection,
they are beautiful.

 

[vintagestuff]

While looking through Mike Acres site I verified that they are indeed the same company.

 

[vintagestuff]

Here's my Alpina. Its only partially assembled, I took it apart because it has some piston damage. A previous owner ran it without an air filter.

Here's my Castor, it was the first chainsaw I ever ran when I was 12.

 

[chainsawwhisperer]

Here's my Alpina. Its only partially assembled, I took it apart because it has some piston damage. A previous owner ran it without an air filter.

Here's my Castor, it was the first chainsaw I ever ran when I was 12.

Yup, the 70's a beauty!

 

[vintagestuff]

The saw might be a beauty but the air filter sure isn't!

Almost all the flocking is gone.

 

[stihlboy]

check with Jacob J if you are selling the alpina, he has been looking for years

 

[vintagestuff]

No, not selling it trying to get it going. Everybody would flip if they knew what I paid for it!

 

[hoss]

I've been looking for the alpina saws for a while too, especially the big 120. I just picked up an 0-70S myself on ebay for $49.95 shipped. It is supposed to have spark and compression, but of course we'll see about that when it gets here. They are nice lookin saws and appear to be well made. I don't know much about the power on these italian saws, but my Olympik 999F is a beast so i'm hopin this one will be strong too. Vintagestuff that is a nice looker you have there. I love the cast model designation on the clutch cover.

 

[vintagestuff]

I only paid $25.00 for this one from my GF's father. I haven't been able to really test this one because someone ran it with that filter and it injested some dirt. I hope when I pull the cylinder it won't be that bad because parts are NLA which is a shame because this one needs a new air filter badly. They are extremely well made saws from what I have seen so far.
The Alpinas must be pretty rare over here as this is the only one i've seen so far.

 

[gmax]

I have a couple of them, starting the 0-70 sure is hard work I've never had a chainsaw with so much compression.

 

[hoss]

Hey GMAX, is the exhaust on your 0-70 original or did you put a bigger outlet on it? Man that is cool lookin.

 

[gmax]

The exhaust is original, they do look cool & sound nice too, if you need an IPL let me know.

 

[Jacob J.]

The O-70, O-70S, and Pro-70 are great saws. I have the O-70S and the Castor version, the C-70.

 

[hoss]

Hey Jacob. Does this mean that we will be deuling if a 120 Alpina comes up on ebay?:jester:

 

[Jacob J.]

Hey Jacob. Does this mean that we will be deuling if a 120 Alpina comes up on ebay?:jester:

lol...no, I have mine already, along with a box of NOS parts to rebuild it with, including a custom thin-ring piston and unlimited ignition module...

 

[hoss]

lol...no, I have mine already, along with a box of NOS parts to rebuild it with, including a custom thin-ring piston and unlimited ignition module...

Yer killin me, you know that right? How does that thing cut? My 999 Oly is real strong. Are these Alpinas toug runners too?

 

[Jacob J.]

I've had two stock runners in my hands in the past and they're real strong. They cut a lot like the Stihl 076 Super. As stock saws they're made to make their power at lower RPM and the horizontal cylinder design creates massive torque.

 

[leeha]

Here are a couple pic's of my 120.
Pretty decent shape and a strong runner.
Thanks to Gmax for helping with one part
to make it a runner.

Lee

 

[stinkbait]

It's crazy how much this view of the saw resembles a mcculloch 10 series saw.