Vintage Homelite??? Serial # TZ - 1266409

joeybc · Jan 31, 2007

Found: Old Vintage Homelite Zip Chainsaw

Serial # TZ 1266409

unidentified model; looking for market value

missing: bar, chain and possible coverings - for sale!
(engine turns over - hasn't seized)

Manufactured: Terry Machinery Company Ltd. Montreal, Canada

habanero · Jan 31, 2007

Zip is the model name. As for market value, that's a loaded question. For most, it likely isn't worth more than the scrap value of the metal. For the right person, it might be worth something for parts. It's missing quite a few items and has a broken bar stud-both are going to hurt its value. You see these once in a while on ebay, but I've never paid much attention to what they go for.

joeybc · Jan 31, 2007

Thank You

so what year would it be then?

ray benson · Jan 31, 2007

Year Introduced: July 1958
Year Discontinued: 1962
Looks like a parts saw. Not much value.

joeybc · Jan 31, 2007

Thank You

why was it discontinued?

mbopp · Jan 31, 2007

Dad had a Zip that I resurrected. Complete & running I figured it was worth something only to a collector, I gave it to a member from this site.
Why did they quit making them? Old design, heavy, loud, slow, no anti-vibe or chain brake - take your pick.

eyolf · Jan 31, 2007

Your Zip had it's beginnings in the model 17, about 1954. By about 1958, they figured out they could take the gear drive off and sell some of 'em as a low-end consumer model. There was also a model called the Wiz that had a piece of bent aluminum tubing as a back handle based on this crankcase.

Homelite Xl-12, and all the other lightweight saws killed off the old heavyweights. For example, the Xl-900 series saws would cut rings around the Zip, and weighed about 3# less, although bothe were 80cc saws.

I worked for a jacobsen lawn mower distributor in the early 1980's; Textrom merged Jake and homelite then. Homelite was cleaning out warehouse space in N. Carolina, and found several pallets of these old saws. I remember being disapointed there weren't any bonus saws, like 1050's, in the bunch.
Mostly Wiz's, old-style E-Z's, and a couple C-5's. The whole load went to a junk store in New York...probably for almost nothing.

Dan Dill · Jan 31, 2007

These are similar models. The long bar is a 7-21C and the rust old bugger is the 5-30N "A". Basically the first number is the horsepower and the second the weight of the powerhead. The 7-21 is a 7 H.P. saw that has a 21 pound power head. It was made in 1959. The 5-30 is older and has a 5 H.P. powerhead at 30 pounds.

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