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NFFS Cox Medallion .051 on ebay
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Built to be collectable?
The 051 Medallions were commissioned to make an engine available as a swap on a 1/2 A Nostalgia Gas FF to fly as A-Gas. NFFS guestimated maybe 300 engines would fill the need. The intent was for them to get FLOWN. It was apparent right away colllectors with money were trying to corner the market. I was getting orders for six to a dozen, but I limited any one buyer to three.
To say they were purpose-built to be collectable isn't true, in effect, that's pretty much how it went.
I've been pretty close to these engines and know of only ONE that got flown, a well-known freeflighter from Oregon.
Bob
There is a website dedicated to these engines. Here it is: http://www.theaerosmith.com
Personally, I wouldn't pay the premium asked for this engine. It was purpose built to be a collectible and with rare exception never flew in an airplane. For me, that takes the luster off the engine.
Just saying. [/quote]
To say they were purpose-built to be collectable isn't true, in effect, that's pretty much how it went.
I've been pretty close to these engines and know of only ONE that got flown, a well-known freeflighter from Oregon.
Bob
There is a website dedicated to these engines. Here it is: http://www.theaerosmith.com
Personally, I wouldn't pay the premium asked for this engine. It was purpose built to be a collectible and with rare exception never flew in an airplane. For me, that takes the luster off the engine.
Just saying. [/quote]
and thanks for answering that quote also
[/quote]theaerosmith wrote:The 051 Medallions were commissioned to make an engine available as a swap on a 1/2 A Nostalgia Gas FF to fly as A-Gas. NFFS guestimated maybe 300 engines would fill the need. The intent was for them to get FLOWN. It was apparent right away colllectors with money were trying to corner the market. I was getting orders for six to a dozen, but I limited any one buyer to three.
To say they were purpose-built to be collectable isn't true, in effect, that's pretty much how it went.
I've been pretty close to these engines and know of only ONE that got flown, a well-known freeflighter from Oregon.
Bob
There is a website dedicated to these engines. Here it is: http://www.theaerosmith.com
Personally, I wouldn't pay the premium asked for this engine. It was purpose built to be a collectible and with rare exception never flew in an airplane. For me, that takes the luster off the engine.
Just saying.
Bob: And thanks for clearing up the original purpose of the 300 NFFS engines. I was getting too tired to type and was going to try to answer this question tomorrow.
Again thanks for your input.
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Re: NFFS Cox Medallion .051 on ebay
Looks like it sold for $480.00 which is not a bad price considering I sold 3 of these earlier this year as a lot for $1200.00. To be on the safe side I contacted several trusted sources to confirm they were authentic including the guy who etched the serial numbers.
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The guy who etched the numbers
jsesere wrote:Looks like it sold for $480.00 which is not a bad price considering I sold 3 of these earlier this year as a lot for $1200.00. To be on the safe side I contacted several trusted sources to confirm they were authentic including the guy who etched the serial numbers.
Actually he's not such a bad guy. And he lives within 30 miles of me. I hope to visit him some Saturday morning to visit his Free Flight Club. We have been getting to know each other lately. We are a lot alike.
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