Early Stihl 090AV,extremely low hour saw.

[skip sail]

Here's one I picked up the other day. Bought by a fellow who went into a stihl dealers sometime late 60's and said he wanted the best(most expensive) chainsaw they had. Naturally,they sold him this.
Of course,it was too much of a beast for him,so he kept it in the shed,started it up every now and then,and finally,his son sold it to me.
Came with a layer of dust that took a while to carefully clean,but underneath was an extremely clean and original saw,even down to the original plug. The piston has absolutely no carbon on top (looking through the plug hole,and i reckon its had hardly any run time.
wish they all turned up like this!

 

[skip sail]

more pics

 

[Drptrch]

Beauty [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[peter92]

What a bloody ripper you have there Skip

 

[Mattyo]

ya, how many still exist in THAT condition...wow

 

[Manofstihl661]

You win...we can all go home now

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

Not fair

 

[JonCraig]

That's awesome. I do have a question, thought... the bar looks like a later font to me. Am I wrong? (Genuine curiosity)

 

[Lee H]

WOW, That's a real beauty. Nice find. That saw belongs in a museum
so I order you to send it to me for safe keeping.

 

[skip sail]

not sure about the bar,good question. anyone know?

 

[fearofpavement]

It would be a 3001 mount bar. It's made in West Germany so is at least preceding the unification which took place in 1990.
That saw is an anti-vibe version so is not all that early of an 090. It is the early style anti-vibe though. The early 070/090's had no antivibe at all.

 

[JonCraig]

So it's possible that the bar dates correctly to the saw? (Not trying to poke at the OP, just curious.)

 

[Cigmaker]

Lucky sob!

 

[Time's Standing Stihl]

Wow

 

[stihl_head1982]

yep, its a keeper!

 

[skip sail]

So it's possible that the bar dates correctly to the saw? (Not trying to poke at the OP, just curious.)

me too. the provenance of the saw says so,but i lack proof.

 

[fearofpavement]

These saws probably didn't come from the factory with a bar. So depending on when it was sold, the dealer probably provided that. Seems like a short bar for that large of a saw. Not sure what difference it makes if it's the original bar or not. If someone wants a period correct bar, that's probably a lot easier to come by than a cherry condition saw. The guy may have bent the bar 10 years after he bought it and replaced it, not really any way of knowing. At any rate, it's a very nice saw.

 

[JonCraig]

If someone wants a period correct bar, that's probably a lot easier to come by than a cherry condition saw. The guy may have bent the bar 10 years after he bought it and replaced it, not really any way of knowing. At any rate, it's a very nice saw.

Those are excellent points which I hadn't considered.

 

[skip sail]

here it is next to its 090G sibling

 

[295 tramp]

You got a great pair of Stihls there Skip