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You never know what you might find!
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You never know what you might find!
Well, my step-son graduated High School earlier this year, and he’s moving in with us this weekend to start Community College next semester. So, I had to clean out the closet of the spare room for his stuff. I was moving the totes with the Christmas stuff, and opened up one with old modelling stuff, mostly GMP Cricket parts. But, in a baggie in the bottom of the tote I found this:
SCORE!!! Forgotten Treasures! A throttled Babe Bee, a Silver Bee, two new 3-bladed props, two new and one used Cox grey competition 6x3 props, a spinner, a used .049 muffler and .049 wrench. Plus, the special bonus items! A new Kavan tank extender and a new .15 muffler. The Kavan tank extender was purchased at Midfield Hobbies, so I got it in Midfield, CT sometime in the mid to late 80’s. The .15 muffler I would have bought in the early 90’s. I'm not sure why, as I didn't have any Cox .15 engines at the time. Must have been an item of opportunity. I’m not sure when I got the engines, but they would have to be mid 80’s or earlier. Until I got on the CEF a little over a year ago, I hadn’t flown any Cox engines since the early 90’s, so these’ve been in their sandwich baggie for at least 20 years. The engines turn over with no stickiness, so I must have oiled them properly before throwing them in the baggie.
The Amnesiac Pirate Mark
SCORE!!! Forgotten Treasures! A throttled Babe Bee, a Silver Bee, two new 3-bladed props, two new and one used Cox grey competition 6x3 props, a spinner, a used .049 muffler and .049 wrench. Plus, the special bonus items! A new Kavan tank extender and a new .15 muffler. The Kavan tank extender was purchased at Midfield Hobbies, so I got it in Midfield, CT sometime in the mid to late 80’s. The .15 muffler I would have bought in the early 90’s. I'm not sure why, as I didn't have any Cox .15 engines at the time. Must have been an item of opportunity. I’m not sure when I got the engines, but they would have to be mid 80’s or earlier. Until I got on the CEF a little over a year ago, I hadn’t flown any Cox engines since the early 90’s, so these’ve been in their sandwich baggie for at least 20 years. The engines turn over with no stickiness, so I must have oiled them properly before throwing them in the baggie.
The Amnesiac Pirate Mark
batjac- Diamond Member
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Re: You never know what you might find!
batjac wrote:Well, my step-son graduated High School earlier this year, and he’s moving in with us this weekend to start Community College next semester. So, I had to clean out the closet of the spare room for his stuff. I was moving the totes with the Christmas stuff, and opened up one with old modelling stuff, mostly GMP Cricket parts. But, in a baggie in the bottom of the tote I found this:
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SCORE!!! Forgotten Treasures! A throttled Babe Bee, a Silver Bee, two new 3-bladed props, two new and one used Cox grey competition 6x3 props, a spinner, a used .049 muffler and .049 wrench. Plus, the special bonus items! A new Kavan tank extender and a new .15 muffler. The Kavan tank extender was purchased at Midfield Hobbies, so I got it in Midfield, CT sometime in the mid to late 80’s. The .15 muffler I would have bought in the early 90’s. I'm not sure why, as I didn't have any Cox .15 engines at the time. Must have been an item of opportunity. I’m not sure when I got the engines, but they would have to be mid 80’s or earlier. Until I got on the CEF a little over a year ago, I hadn’t flown any Cox engines since the early 90’s, so these’ve been in their sandwich baggie for at least 20 years. The engines turn over with no stickiness, so I must have oiled them properly before throwing them in the baggie.
The Amnesiac Pirate Mark
I wish I had cox engines just sitting around that I forgot about!
Waffleman- Gold Member
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Re: You never know what you might find!
Yep...a VERY good feeling to find these lost treasures!
Kim- Top Poster
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Re: You never know what you might find!
Nice find Mark I can relate , Man I got boxes of stuff I need to go through / going to have to sell some stuff soon ! don't worry Waffleman you will have in time as when you stat to forget Getback O yeah Mark that's 2 more planes to build
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Re: You never know what you might find!
Awesome find!
And, oh my, the hours I spent on my Gorham Cricket! That was an interesting copter.
And, oh my, the hours I spent on my Gorham Cricket! That was an interesting copter.
Aero- Silver Member
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Location : Southern IN
Re: You never know what you might find!
Aero wrote:Awesome find!
And, oh my, the hours I spent on my Gorham Cricket! That was an interesting copter.
PHOTOS/VIDEO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: You never know what you might find!
I LOVE Cox engines! Since I was swapping around engines to get one for the BTC-4 to maiden this weekend, I took a product engine off of my Man-Win trainer. So last night I converted it back to a Bee mount and put this Silver Bee on it. Fueled 'er up and she started on the second flip of the spring starter! As it's been over 20 years since I last ran the engine, I ran one rich tank through to loosen everything up, and then peaked the RPM on the second tank. My tach was reading between 16,250 and 16,500 RPM using Sig 35%, three head gaskets, a yellow 5x3 safety tip prop, and a used glow head from the flight box. I'm gonna set aside the Texaco head that was on it for another day.
Just can't beat an old Cox Bee engine.
The Swappin' Mark
Just can't beat an old Cox Bee engine.
The Swappin' Mark
batjac- Diamond Member
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Age : 61
Location : Broken Arrow, OK, USA
Re: You never know what you might find!
I had a similar experience.
Married young I brought my small assortment of Cox engines and products along when we moved into a new house with an unfinished basement. Stuck the box of stuff up into the floor joists above the foundation and forgot about them.
Years later I insulated and panelled the basement and you guessed it, panelled in right over the forgotten box.
Again years later I went looking for the box and couldn't find it. More time passed when it finally dawned on me what I had done. Took down the panelling along that wall and found the box.
I still have the old cast crankcase Space Bug engine that was in there today.
Married young I brought my small assortment of Cox engines and products along when we moved into a new house with an unfinished basement. Stuck the box of stuff up into the floor joists above the foundation and forgot about them.
Years later I insulated and panelled the basement and you guessed it, panelled in right over the forgotten box.
Again years later I went looking for the box and couldn't find it. More time passed when it finally dawned on me what I had done. Took down the panelling along that wall and found the box.
I still have the old cast crankcase Space Bug engine that was in there today.
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