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Those are super nice Mark!!
Very cool on the 80! That's certainly one of a kind. I've seen pics of these in the past. Even the recoil and the PTO are cutaway!Boyd Dosher (Boyd's Outdoor Power - Dresser, WI) stopped by today to drop of these display units. He retains ownership but they will be on display here for a while.
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As I understand it, Tilton prepared these to demonstrate the saw features when they were the US distributor. Have a closer look at the 80 to see just how much effort the put in them.
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At least one of them will still generate a spark...
Mark
I have three 1983 490s and all are labeled Jonsereds on the stickers and metal nameplates and also have two 1984 490s that are labeled as Jonsered plus this 84 is also a Jonsered so at the Partner plant the change would seem to have happened 83 to 84 timeline somewhere .Someone's closet I suspect....or maybe hidden in an old dealer's stash. I saw this happen once before with a 'closet'(new) Husky 2100 around fifteen years ago. Went for over $3,000.
Somewhere in '82/'83, they dropped the 's'. You can't go entirely by the advertising lit either....sometimes they goofed. They never really said, "OK, from this date forward, we are going to drop the 's' In Jonsereds.
This 490 isn't a desirable saw for me, but holy cow, she's NEW!
Kevin
Lol....I bet it had more to do with the new emblem model stickers coming in that said 'Jonsered', than anything to do with serial numbers.I have three 1983 490s and all are labeled Jonsereds on the stickers and metal nameplates and also have two 1984 490s that are labeled as Jonsered plus this 84 is also a Jonsered so at the Partner plant the change would seem to have happened 83 to 84 timeline somewhere .
I can only speak for this model of saw but these saws had a metal nameplate with the brand name painted on it and the year and ss number stamped into it. I have yet to see a name plate that has a different spelling than the recoil and clutch cover stickers on intact saws from that era.Lol....I bet it had more to do with the new emblem model stickers coming in that said 'Jonsered', than anything to do with serial numbers.
Kevin
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