Which is older?

[roodog575]

Hello,
It’s getting chilly so time to start messing with some of my old saws. I picked up a quartet of Homelites consisting of two red XL-12s and two red Super XL Automatics. I have a very nice late 60’s or early 70’s blue XL-12 and was planning on keeping just one of the four red ones as a compliment to the blue. All the reds are in great shape, have compression and appear lightly used. I decided to keep one of the Supers because of the great overall condition. The Supers have Homelite SN tags while the XL-12s have Homelite Textron SN tags.

Any idea the general age of the Supers vs the XL-12s?

[roodog575]

Here are the lot numbers and serial numbers for all four:
SXLA
C6217
04584299

SXLA
C6092
04557624

XL12
10526B
3c146011

XL12
10445B
3d3060291

[Jarhead ☠]

Oct 22, 2021 17:37:06 GMT -5 roodog575 said:

Here are the lot numbers and serial numbers for all four:
SXLA
C6217
04584299

SXLA
C6092
04557624

XL12
10526B
3c146011

XL12
10445B
3d3060291

The 2 SXLA'S are both 1980 by ser. # or 1981 by the letter C.
The other 2 depending on the reading of the # is this.
The 8 digit w/ a 3 is 1973
The 9 digit w/ a d is 1982
I believe but possibly could be wrong.

[roodog575]

Thank you. I realized I forgot a “1” at the end of the 8 ( should be 9) digit SN so it should end with 111. Sorry about that. Guessing that puts it in the same are bracket as the other?

[5terrysupersaws]

  SXL-AO are both older than the XL-12 saws.

C6217 = Wednesday, August 4th, 1976

C6092 = Thursday, April 1st, 1976

3C1460111 = Tuesday, May 26th, 1981

3D3060291 = Tuesday, November 2nd, 1982

[roodog575]

Perfect! Thank you. I’ll be keeping the August 1976 and selling the others. Thanks again.