Anyone Identify This Saw?

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This is an old saw that was given to us about 15 years ago and we've never run it or had the heart to sell it. It just sits on a shelf in our garage.

I think it is a Tecumseh as it has a sticker on the back with the Indian logo but I can't figure out the model # or year of production.

I'm planning on cleaning her up in the next few months...
 
Tecumseh made engines (injuns!) for a number of manufactures. It is a neat looking old saw. Someone might be able to give you a visual id. Have you tried searching Mike Acres site? Chainsaw Collector's Corner is like the chainsaw bible. You may have to spend some time looking but you might get lucky. Quite a few of the models have pictures at the bottom of the pages. Good luck and let us know.

:bowdown::bowdown:http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/GasbyManufacturer?OpenView:chainsaw:
 
thats a mono saw, i have one like it. mine still has all the stickers. you can look up specs. on the collectors site.
 
Name that saw

I have a Montgomery Ward WD65 saw, which is identical in every way to yours except for the color. Mine is green. It has a Tecumseh 6.79 cubic inch engine, is rated for up to a 33" bar, has a 7/16" chain on a 17 inch bar, and is heavy as all get out. I believe it was assembled by Remington. I would guess that others marketed the same saw with their own name on it. Mine had a Remington bar on it when I bought it at a Ward's dock sale for $65 in 1963 and I cut a lot of wood with it for many years. I think the cylinder on mine is now scored, and I haven't tried to start it in years. It was originally supposed to run on 16:1 fuel/oil mix, but with the modern oils, I wouldn't hesitate to go with 32:1. Gene Gauss
 
I dont know the model number but your saw is a wards.
Look at my pictures.
 
Good job finding that one. My first guess was a Clinton since it looks almost identical to the one I learned on back from the 60's.
 
Gosh, after looking at all the saws you guys have suggested I agree it is probably one of them. I thought it was a tecumseh, it looks like a mono, it looks like a monkey wards...

Are there any casting marks or identification numbers that would show what it is exactly. Anyone recognize the color?

I suspect after looking online and with your suggestions that a number of identical saws were sent out with different badging. This saw has two stickers left intact. The one on the back of the starter with the Tecumseh "Indian" and the one on the back of the tank. I can't seem to find any other marks.
 
Gosh, after looking at all the saws you guys have suggested I agree it is probably one of them. I thought it was a tecumseh, it looks like a mono, it looks like a monkey wards...

Are there any casting marks or identification numbers that would show what it is exactly. Anyone recognize the color?

I suspect after looking online and with your suggestions that a number of identical saws were sent out with different badging. This saw has two stickers left intact. The one on the back of the starter with the Tecumseh "Indian" and the one on the back of the tank. I can't seem to find any other marks.

Tecumseh's Power Products division provided the basic power heads for a lot of other companies. I do not believe that Tecumseh actually produced chainsaws themselves. (Kind of like generic lawn mowers that have a Tecumseh or Briggs & Stratton engine on them.) Thus, Tecumseh made the power head, sold it to Mono, who in turn added the rest of the apparatus to create the chain saw. Mono then applied the appropriate paint & decals before wholesaling it to Montgomery Wards who of course retailed the saw.
 
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