I'd be eternally grateful, Chris!
And thanks for the rundown on the kill setup. At least I'll know what I'm looking at (for?) now.
Rare old Wright C-50GS...Anybody familiar with these?
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I'd be eternally grateful, Chris!
And thanks for the rundown on the kill setup. At least I'll know what I'm looking at (for?) now.
You got it. The planetary is more compact and resembles a direct drive. When Mark showed me a picture, I realized right off this saw was odd because it was so long.
Chris B.
So which is more rare, the planetary version or yours? From my impression with the C70G, I'm guessing the planetary system was not as dependable and was replaced.
From what little I've ever read, mine might be the rarer. Who knows?
Is there more to that picture you posted up?
Chris B.
Chris or others have any idea of the model of this one?
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Thanks, good to know and it is for sale if one was looking.
It's from the '63 Buyer's guide. I have all in the photo except the 50G and a bow bar for the 50D. The quest continues.
Bring it to the Poulan GTG and I'll take it! What are you asking?
You're going to have to add mine to the list. The IPL I have is dated October '65.
Chris B.
Seems that's a pretty late date on that IPL as if I remember right Poulan purchased Wright in 66?
So this gear drive model is a later saw then the planetary version? That sounds like it might have only been made for a year or so since Poulan essentially phased out the Wright saws after the buyout.
Not mine. It's been on CL forever now and I even consider it reasonable. Just trying to direct it to someone that would appreciate it in their collection.
About hour to 1.5 south of me and east of you. If you cant find link and want it holler. :msp_wink:
Its possible. There is very little info out there that I have found on the Poulan buy out of Wright saws. From what I have gathered on my own along with some educated guessing, I would say Poulan more or less bought Wright for there blade saw patents.
The Wright factory didn't last long after the take over and soon after all saws sold as Wrights were rebadged Poulans...
Those thoughts are what are driving me to believe that your saw is a late Wright saw from the date of the IPL. Other then that I don't know much about the Wrights.
But on the other hand I could be all wrong as well. LOL
So after the buyout, no Wright saws were left. Then Mr. Parrish stepped in and did the right thing - bought up all the Wright parts inventory so he could sell what was left of the right Wright parts?
Yeah pretty much so.
Like I said I'm just putting two and two together here, I have not seen a lot of info on the Wright buy out and such but just look at the years of the Wright owned saws being produced and when they disappeared compared to the buyout.
Buford and I did have a bit of a talk over this before and he seemed to go along with my thinking if I remember right.
I looked at my documents again tonight and found one that says that Poulan bought out Wright in 66 while a old CSA article says 65 but I'm leaning at it being 66. I know the one document says that within a year after the buyout Poulan added 9000 SF to there factory so all of Wright could be transferred to the Poulan plant.
Do we know the final date of production of the last pure Wright designed chainsaw? I don't, but I know it had to be very shortly after the buy out, within the year or two after?
I know Poulan came out with there own first blade saw in 1968 the Poulan 100. The Wright 100, Dayton 100 and AC85 were all the same blade saw. I have a copy of the original Poulan patent for the 100 and interestingly it is awarded to only Poulan with no mention of Wright on it.
FWIW with looking at Acres, the C-50SG was introduced in 1965 while the C-70G was discontinued the same year. I'm thinking the 50SG and the C-40A were the last Wright saws introduced but the real question is for how long were they.
Seems that the Poulan 361 and 400 models used for branding as Wrights were introduced in 66 and could have been branded Wright's right off the bat but most other Poulan relabeled Wright's were not out until the early 70's. If so that would have been just a couple Wright models available for a few years if no other pure Wright's were being made.
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Clear as mud, huh?
Find me a C70G next time you're out. That'll finish the line-up, aside from the diminutive C40.
Chris B.
Isnt that a 70g on feebay :msp_wink: looks like a builder. Front one in pic.
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That's just a direct drive chassis (judging by the muffler). In any case, the G model uses a planetary gear set in the drive cover and that isn't in picture. I believe the crankshafts are different between the two, but I wouldn't know how to tell.
Don't give up.
Chris B.
