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Cox spares
Posted: 03 Mar 2018, 12:50
by RON
New Cox babe bee’s and a host of spares can be obtained from Dens models in the UK
I’ve ordered new engines and spares from him and always found him helpful if the need arises.
Ron.
Here is the website.
https://www.densmodelsupplies.co.uk/ind ... 49_engines
Re: Cox spares
Posted: 03 Mar 2018, 19:32
by Stew
Got a Cox Surestart the other day from Dens models. £19 or something. I am never less than amazed how such precision engineering can be so cheap. They're great little motors too, and really powerful for their size. I remember having a golden bee in my teens, and the local model shop having a display of various Cox motors in one of their windows. I used to stand there and drool. I think there was something about the packaging that really appealed to the technically minded teen.
Re: Cox spares
Posted: 04 Mar 2018, 08:26
by jackdaw
Don't forget Cox International, just remember you may get caught for the import VAT if the order is over £15.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/COXENGINES?_rdc=1
Re: Cox spares
Posted: 16 Mar 2018, 02:22
by iflylilplanes
A Cox 049 story.
Many years ago a fellow modeller here in Australia by the name of Ivor F went to the US for a holiday, and visited the Cox factory while in the States. On his visit, he noticed a fellow in the factory pulling the PT19 trainers out of the boxes, remove the motors and dropping the motors into a 200 litre drum. He asked what was happening? apparently, with the money back guarantee the US stores had, the PT19 trainer was purchased, the then new to flying owners would get their 6volt torch battery and try to start the motor, after failing, they would return the model for their money back. As the models were covered with oil with a blown plug the motors were removed for scrap and the rest trashed. Ivor F asked how much for the 2 drums of motors?. Anyway he was selling those Cox PT19 motors with a new plug in the 1980's for $14, and I think with a control-line kit he also made $28, I purchased 3 motors myself back then.
If you think you know the name Ivor F, he was the manufacturer of the Doonside Mills 75, an avid engine collector and every Aeromodeller magazine published.
Sydney Morning Herald article after he died.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/model-p ... mwsia.html