Re: this a real rr1?

**Admin** Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:33 pm

Well, I sent the seller a message last night asking if they would open it up and take a picture of the insides. No reply yet. $550 is a lot for a Cox engine, I nearly fell off my chair when I saw a Venom sell for over $700 a few years back on eBay.

EXModelEngines Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:24 pm

I sent a similar question as well.

It really is amazing to see some of the prices these engines go for!

GermanBeez Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:27 pm

people who buy these have either:
a: too much cash
b: no girlfriend
mostly b, probably. No offense.

**Admin** Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:57 pm

GermanBeez wrote:people who buy these have either:
a: too much cash
b: no girlfriend
mostly b, probably. No offense.

They buy the engine, add the cost to their credit card debt, no money=no girl

nitroairplane Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:08 pm

i suppose if they dont have someone to spend all their money they must do it themselves i dont have pictures of my little Swedish engine as i am on holiday but when i get home ill post some. or send them to you in a PM or maybe put them in an album.

**Admin** Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:10 pm

The seller didn't want to open it up to avoid damaging the screws and gasket.

Carl Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:51 pm

GermanBeez wrote:people who buy these have either:
a: too much cash
b: no girlfriend
mostly b, probably. No offense.

exactly! the only rr1s I have is one I had since I was a kid and a few I have picked up over the past years at swap meets and whatever I would never pay anything over $150 for a cox engine with the exeption of the nffs 051 medallion, but those dont even sell for that much. The last one i seen was listed for $99 buy it now and it didn't even sell that was like 2 years ago tho. Hell, i'm married, I have been for 36 years. She keeps to her crap just like I keep to my engines.

nitroairplane Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:43 am

The most I remember spending on a cox engine was for a nib tee dee .010

**Admin** Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:46 pm

There's pictures of the inside of the RR-1 posted at the bottom of the page now. http://cgi.ebay.com/COX-RR-1-NEW-BOX-RR-1-/330592753923?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4cf8dd1903 It actually doesn't look fake!

nitroairplane Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:51 am

Maybe it's a really special and rare one

GermanBeez Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:56 am

maybe it is wi-fi compatible and can make coffee.

nitroairplane Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:43 am

GermanBeez Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:57 am

ok, seriously, i have a theory how the engine got together:
Production manager: hey, frank , have we already got the gold anodized crank cases for our rr1?
Frank: sorry leroy, they have a shortage of leprechaun pots of gold right now, could take another week or so.
Leroy r. cox: alright, uh, then lets use the babe bee cank cases for now, i'm sure that we'll get em tomorrow.
it happened a lot that cox didnt have all the right parts available because the parts where anodized by a seperate
company somewhere in santa anna.

nitroairplane Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:18 pm

Maybe but would that not make it worth more

GermanBeez Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:54 pm

well, there was a small line of black widows, wich were produced completely unanodized, and from what i know, they
are very rare and go for a high price on ebay, if they are authentic.

nitroairplane Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:58 pm

Like the old golden bees they had un anodised crankcases

**Admin** Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:19 pm

GermanBeez wrote:well, there was a small line of black widows, wich were produced completely unanodized, and from what i know, they
are very rare and go for a high price on ebay, if they are authentic.

Yeah, I have seen those go for higher prices.

nitroairplane Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:47 am

i have heard of them but never seen one any of you guys have a picture.

GermanBeez Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:04 am

right here, sir:
http://livingmasterpiece.com/stoneway/restore_engine.asp

nitroairplane Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:42 pm

Lovely I need to look out for one of those

GermanBeez Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:50 am

Yes, the stoneway group makes quite remarkable little pieces of jewelery...look at their rr-1 restorations!

nitroairplane Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:56 am

ive seen them they are great i have also seen their tether cars and they are lovely and on ebay i recently missed out on what i believe was one of their cox .010 powered tether car.

Mudhen Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:40 pm

I was the one who bought this engine. It is real and I've been searching for this version for quite some time.
It is perhaps the rarest of all production Cox engines prior to 1969. If my research is correct, it was only manufactured for six months.
If you're interested, I can post my findings here.
Mud

nitroairplane Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:03 pm

Please do post your findings and by all means become a member it's real quick easy and free.

**Admin** Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:09 pm

Mudhen wrote:I was the one who bought this engine. It is real and I've been searching for this version for quite some time.
It is perhaps the rarest of all production Cox engines prior to 1969. If my research is correct, it was only manufactured for six months.
If you're interested, I can post my findings here.
Mud

Sure, that would be really neat. You should join the forum, you sound like a major collector! I knew that if it was real, it must be really rare! I even have a few toy collector books that don't list any version without the ribbing and one book that says that there are no known without the ribbing (I think I posted something about that earlier in this topic). Congratulations for finally finding this engine!

Jacob

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