Chainsaw Repair

Gold plated Stihl Lightning

There was a long article in the Aug 1965 issue of Chain Saw Age magazine titled The Andreas Stihl Story. The article mentioned that in 1962 the 200,000th Lightning was made. The saw was gold plated and was presented to a logger in Australia who had been with the same outfit for 30 years and had been using Stihl saws for 25 years.

There were no more details given, whether it was actually gold-plated or what kind of plating they used.

 Lets all look for it its out here in Australia somewhere

Gold stihl story.

The man who had this saw  has said, that there had been three saws GOLD-PLATED (chrome gold)? it had been earned by 3 chain saws seller in canada, this saw had been won by a seller of quebec saws, and the seller makes winning among its customers, and  is a woman who won and thought  that was on the gold, she has scraped some place with a knife and took a jeweler, she sold to a man who saw with this saw the state united, man found what shone in the sun too, and the man was afraid that have stolen his saw, so has soiled the saws, for years he sawed with the united state and canada with, after he gave it to his son then I bought him

LOL I give up. Best I can do.

Good Luck on finding it. Sounds like 3 of them out there by above story.

http://www.edwardfleissig.com/uploads/1/9/5/0/19500751/gold_chainsaw_1600.jpg

There are big bore 090's here. Wayne and some others have them hid away and museum.

I heard this guy has some info.    http://macbobaust.com/stihl_kart1.html

more pics  http://macbobaust.com/stihl_kart2.html