Bumping up this thread as I'm trying to find out more about the Alpina A-35, that seems to be a "clone" or just rebranded version of these Lombard models.
I've uploaded an IPL that I found for that Alpina A-35
here.
I don't own one of these, but I'm just trying to get my head around all the older Alpina models and cooperations/exchange with other manufacturers in the day.
From what I find at Mike Acres CSCC, it would seem that Lombard started these as "Little Lightning", a 2.1ci (34cc) with breaker points, around 1976, with "DeLuxe" and "Super" model variants following that had the 2.2 and 2.4ci (36 & 39cc) displacement engines.
Later these seem to have evolved into the AP-22 and AP-24 series with various extensions to those names (-1, D, SE??). According to CSCC those had electronic ignition but the very few images of IPLs that I could find (such as a photo by
@67L36Driver in some other thread) also seem to show breaker points.
Also, there is the manual oiler pump: Some of these Lombards seem to have the oiler pump left of the back handle, but others don't. It's an optional manual override to the automatic oiler, to be used in bigger timber or cold weather. I haven't yet been able to connect that to any model denominators (DeLuxe, -D, -1, whatever).
For the Alpina, I've only been able to find
one example of images online (on a Spanish site). The IPL shows the manual override pump, but the saw on the images doesn't.
The saw in the first message by
@c5c7c9 really stands out from the other Lombards I've seen, due to it being "Alpina yellow" as opposed to orange. It also doesn't seem to have a manual oiler override.
@c5c7c9 : Any chance that in the mean time you have found out if your saw is 2.1, 2.2 or 2.4ci and if it has electronic ignition or breaker points?
@67L36Driver : Did you ever make scans of that IPL you mentioned? Would love to see it in more detail
