Sprintcar
Chainsaw Slut
The date on the repair tag said 05/92, so I take it the old saw was taken in for repair in May of 1992. The tag also said dies in the cut and needs the chain touched up. The shop note on the bottom of the tag said tried to call with estimate 3 times.
So there she sat for nearly two decades on a shelf, watching as other equipment came and went. I first saw her about five years ago and ask who she belonged too, the kid in the shop said he didn't know or care, I should have slapped the living :censored: out of him but I didn't.
The kid has grown up over five years and the shop manager ask me one day if I wanted to buy the old saw. Well, we have about 5 or six XL-12's now, but what the hell, one more won't hurt. She was covered in twenty years of grime and was black when I picked her up. I used a shop rag and moved some out of the way by the tag, bright blue and white paint shined through.
Brought her home and started cleaning, after two days time for new fuel lines and carb kit. It has an HS4D Tillie with the biggest fuel inlet I've ever seen. I cleaned the rust off the bar and soaked the chain for two days.
She is as original as the day she came out of Port Chester, the only thing missing is the red trim on the bar. I am torn now if I should call the number on the repair tag. The name is still listed in the 2011 phone book. If it is a grandfathers or fathers saw, maybe someone would like it back. Don't know, maybe I'll call this weekend.
Then again I may just keep the ole hag.
So there she sat for nearly two decades on a shelf, watching as other equipment came and went. I first saw her about five years ago and ask who she belonged too, the kid in the shop said he didn't know or care, I should have slapped the living :censored: out of him but I didn't.
The kid has grown up over five years and the shop manager ask me one day if I wanted to buy the old saw. Well, we have about 5 or six XL-12's now, but what the hell, one more won't hurt. She was covered in twenty years of grime and was black when I picked her up. I used a shop rag and moved some out of the way by the tag, bright blue and white paint shined through.
Brought her home and started cleaning, after two days time for new fuel lines and carb kit. It has an HS4D Tillie with the biggest fuel inlet I've ever seen. I cleaned the rust off the bar and soaked the chain for two days.
She is as original as the day she came out of Port Chester, the only thing missing is the red trim on the bar. I am torn now if I should call the number on the repair tag. The name is still listed in the 2011 phone book. If it is a grandfathers or fathers saw, maybe someone would like it back. Don't know, maybe I'll call this weekend.
Then again I may just keep the ole hag.
