Golden Bees from the Sturbridge trip...

These two engines share a peculiar "damage" between them. Both of them have damage to the bottom tank-vent.



I don't know their history. They were included in a bag of 10 "used" .049 engines.. mostly Cox.. but also a couple of Testors/McCoy rotary-valve engines.

One of the GB's had it's tank mounted 90 degrees from normal.. and the other had a Tee Dee glowhead installed..

Both engines have #2 cylinders.. and the "standard" (Babe Bee size) air-intake.



Well.. I'd been wanting to further-inspect these engines ever since sourcing them.. so I took them apart this afternoon. What I found; surprised me a bit..






That engine doesn't look like it's ever seen a drop of fuel..

Here's the other one.. not quite as clean.. but a LOT cleaner than I would have expected.





These engines both show "external" signs of being run. The gold anodizing is worn-off where the starter-spring contacts the nose of the crankcase.. and there are the tell-tale "scratches" of mounting-screws on the tank-anodizing.

One has a "tight-spot" in its cylinder-bore. I'll have to see if I can lap it out. It seems to be above the exhaust-ports though..