My dad had an old Skil saw that he bought waaaay back when, not sure how old it might be, but he used it as long and as far back and I can remember....
he's changed the brushes in it a number of times, put new cords on it from when co-workers would set the saw with the blade still spinning across the power cord.... in 1989 was still working fine when he died and my stepmother offered it to me... I didn't take it because it was so old and I really wasn't into any wood working then....
My mother in law bought me a new Craftsman power saw in 1995 or96 to use when I was replacing the floors and floor joists in her house... first rattle out of the box, a wasp stung me on the arm when I was using it, I dropped it on her concrete porch and bent the plate.... last summer was replacing the steps on my house and cutting treated wood... just as we were finishing, the saw bound up in the wood and started smoking, now won't come on.... pretty sure it's finished.
I suspect the old Skil I turned down would have been the better saw.