Nik's Poulan Thread

[67 Mustang]

I traded for a pair of Craftsman 5.2's this spring at a GTG. In the deal I was to recieve an original advertisement, manual, and nos air filters. Well at my GTG the rest was exchanged. Just finished scanning the Manual/IPL if any one is interested shout.

Here is the original ad out of a Sears catalog.

Thanks for posting the add, Mitch! Can you tell what the date on it is? :msp_thumbup:

 

[FATGUY]

Thanks for posting the add, Mitch! Can you tell what the date on it is? :msp_thumbup:

the ad. for the generator makes ref. to a "1980 Fall General" (catalog I assume). And look at the price of those saws! That would have been a crazy amount of money back then!

 

[67 Mustang]

the ad. for the generator makes ref. to a "1980 Fall General" (catalog I assume). And look at the price of those saws! That would have been a crazy amount of money back then!

The money is what surprised me. :msp_ohmy: Craftsman 3800 version (358.356091) cost over $400 by the mid '80's. I bought mine as the last one, demo on the shelf, for $329 in 1987.

So I don't think the prices were bad.

 

[FATGUY]

The money is what surprised me. :msp_ohmy: Craftsman 3800 version (358.356091) cost over $400 by the mid '80's. I bought mine as the last one, demo on the shelf, for $329 in 1987.

So I don't think the prices were bad.

I guess it's all relative. I remember how much junk food a FATKID could buy back then for $1.

 

[mweba]

I guess it's all relative. I remember how much junk food a FATKID could buy back then for $1.

No kidding! For a dollar we could buy 100 pieces of gum at the local grocer (let the math gurus figure that one out)

 

[FATGUY]

No kidding! For a dollar we could buy 100 pieces of gum at the local grocer (let the math gurus figure that one out)

bottle of pop $0.35
bag of chips $0.25
chocolate bar $0.35
return the pop bottle for $.10 and you could get a jaw breaker...

 

[FATGUY]

somebody make a fat joke already! I'm lobbing them up there!

 

[edisto]

So, what is the goo or glue of choice to put the aluminum blank back in between the oil tank and the fuel tank?

Jb weld or some other two part epoxy?

Have any of you guys tried the aluminum brazing rods they sell at trade shows? I bought some that were supposed to be good for magnesium alloys as well as aluminum because I have a cracked case on a Homelite. I'm certain it won't work any better than JB Weld, but it will make me feel better.

I busted my right hand slamming my scooter into a pickup truck, so I haven't been able to give them a try.

 

[edisto]

somebody make a fat joke already! I'm lobbing them up there!

So...did you get change back from your $20?

You must be a shade younger than I, or things might have been more expensive in the east. I remember everything being $0.25...comic books, candy bars, chips, and sodas.

Hockey cards were either a dime or 15 cents...but you got a piece of hard, pink plastic with each one!

 

[OhioGregg]

I guess it's all relative. I remember how much junk food a FATKID could buy back then for $1.

I'm old enough to remember buying gas & smokes for the week, and a $10 bill would cover it, back in the 70's & early 80's. :eek2: I bought my 3400 with 18" bar in 1986 from a Poulan dealer. I ran across the receipt a couple years ago, can't find it now. But, was right at $300 with tax. I remember at the time trying to decide on which model to get. The price was kind of a factor too, but I thought, why would I ever need a saw bigger than that!! A friend of mine had an O-something Stihl, with a 16" bar. I thought I was King S--T at the time...LOL

Then several years ago, I ran into you instigators here on AS. Now I have 20 saws, and a 18" bar seems like a weenie saw. :biggrin: And the poor old 3400 just sits and collects dust..


Gregg,

 

[OhioGregg]

somebody make a fat joke already! I'm lobbing them up there!

No fat jokes here Nik. That would be the kettle calling the pot black.:msp_biggrin:


Gregg,

 

[OhioGregg]

Have any of you guys tried the aluminum brazing rods they sell at trade shows? I bought some that were supposed to be good for magnesium alloys as well as aluminum because I have a cracked case on a Homelite. I'm certain it won't work any better than JB Weld, but it will make me feel better.

I busted my right hand slamming my scooter into a pickup truck, so I haven't been able to give them a try.

I used to see them guys pushing and demoing them at RC Airplane trade shows all the time back in the 90's. Never did try em though. But, I have tried JB Weld!! :msp_biggrin:


Gregg,

 

[Guido Salvage]

bottle of pop $0.35
bag of chips $0.25
chocolate bar $0.35
return the pop bottle for $.10 and you could get a jaw breaker...

I can remember when drinks were $.10 out of the machine (and a phone call was $.05).

 

[OhioGregg]

I remember when I still had a memory, and could remember things.


Gregg,

 

[edisto]

I can remember when drinks were $.10 out of the machine (and a phone call was $.05).

Did you give your nickel directly to Alexander, or did he let you run a tab?

 

[mweba]

All be it I'm not very old but we use to buy cigarettes out of a vending machine for a buck twenty five........

 

[jerrycmorrow]

a quarter for a pack of smokes and a quarter for a haircut.

 

[tbone75]

Ciggs were 50 cents when I was younger LOL

 

[barneyrb]

Let's see here...I'll just go ahead and tell everyone I was 50 last week and these are from my earliest memories,
Cokes-.25, Hershey or Baby Ruth-.15, gas-.24 to .32 depending on where you bought it, Copenhagen when I was 9 (that's when I started) 13/ea or 2 for .25.

Gas when I started driving-.49/gallon, Copenhagen .35 and beer was 1.99/6pack for Bud or Miller here, damn I miss those days.....

 

[Eccentric]

I traded for a pair of Craftsman 5.2's this spring at a GTG. In the deal I was to recieve an original advertisement, manual, and nos air filters. Well at my GTG the rest was exchanged. Just finished scanning the Manual/IPL if any one is interested shout.

Here is the original ad out of a Sears catalog.

Thanks for posting that Mitch. I remember looking at those ads in the Sears catalogs as a lad. Think I may still have a catalog or two from that time frame stashed somewhere. I can't believe there was just a $7 dif between the 4.2 and the 5.2. Don't think you can get another cubic inch of saw from a stihlhavarna dealer for seven bux anymore...

I also see the non-PS Sears version of a Poulan S25-CVA. I remember seeing one in the shop around 1994 or so. It was some customer's saw that had been sitting on the rack for a long time. Had a broken carb box casting. Wish I'd been able to get it. Can't find the Sears model # for that saw now. The PS version is 358.350960. Looking at that B&W ad, the AF cover of that saw appears to be black. I don't think I've ever seen a 2.1/2.3 Craftsman Poulan XXV series saw with a black AF cover. I've seen red Craftsman micros with black AF covers. Could just be an error in the ad layout though...