What's YOUR Holy Grail Vintage Chainsaw List?

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Getting ready to head back to the states (San Antonio) in August and have been paring down the collection a bit. Really trying to focus on Stihl at this point, but it's been difficult to let some of my Holy Grail saws go. Having said that, a lot of them have been going to a member here who will put them in a museum, so at least other folks will be able to appreciate them.

Having said that, I just returned from a trip to the Motherland (at least for Jonsereds and Husqvarna) - southeastern Sweden. I visited Magnus Mattison of the CSC forum and saw his personal collection and his chainsaw museum - it was fantastic! I picked up some parts for some of my saws and also picked up a few Stihl's - BL and BLK58 - from one of Magnus's friends.

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I'm a pretty focused Stihl 1106/1109 series collector, but a few years ago I began seeking out on my "off-brand triad". I decided I wanted to get my hands on all three one-man production chainsaws with a larger displacement than the 090. The list included the Skil 1690 @ 139cc, Solo Super Rex @ 142cc, and Champ Universal @ 160cc. Technically the PM390 is on the list, but since it's a re-badged Skil 1690 I don't consider it a requirement, although I would certainly be interested in one if there are any out there available!

Today the Super Rex showed up at my door, completing the list. I still have some personal holy grail saws to find, but this was a big milestone.

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Good choice of saws. Although I believe the PM390 is the manufacturer of the Skil 1690
Made by PM Canadien. The Solo Super Rex is one on my list.

Good to know Lee. Honestly, I never verified it, but I was told by another collector that the PM390 was actually labeled as having been manufactured by Skil. Dammit, if PM was the actual manufacturer of both models I now have to get a PM390 to consider my list complete...
 
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Only one left now is a Super 880.
 

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