Re: Early engines

John Goddard Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:53 am

WingingIt74 wrote:It was kinda the direction I wanted to take that thread.

Lets see if anyone else grabs the batton
Wink

**Cribbs74** Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:28 am

John Goddard wrote:I'm not entirely sure Al, I think it's a household fuse
To give a sense of scale.
J

Pencil/eraser.

fit90 Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:29 am

Al,

It looks like the eraser end of a pencil.

**Cribbs74** Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:30 am

John Goddard wrote:
WingingIt74 wrote:Considering how many engines there are, would it be wise to split it up and do a topic per engine? I kinda did that with the Texaco a month ago.

http://coxengineforum.forumakers.com/t1506-cox-texaco?highlight=texaco

But looking through that Travis I don't think there was a single verifiable
Fact.
Most of the 'facts' people repeat come from 3 websites which IMHO
Are at best a rough guide. In the Texaco thread there are lots of pictures
Of the engine in boxes but not one single date stamp.
What I'd propose is we have section listing engines but instead of pictures with
Comments from 'facts' only have dated mag articles or ads, box dates, till receipts
Or invoices. Apart from Wilfs dated articles I've not seen anything on
this site that would be peer reviewed in a serious study.
I think we have a great opportunity to have THE definitive reference library.
Here we go with the first verifiable fact....
In 1992 Texaco's were produced with a 3 fin head see above
Leaflet photo.

Well put John. That's what I wanted to say except I couldn't drag it out of my clouded brain.

Big Al Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:23 pm

Thanks guys, of course now I see it’s the eraser end of a pencil. I was trying to make it out as some sort of Cox accessory that I had never ran across. Duh… Laughing

dckrsn Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:14 pm

Big Al wrote:Thanks guys, of course now I see it’s the eraser end of a pencil. I was trying to make it out as some sort of Cox accessory that I had never ran across. Duh…

At a glance, I thought it was an Estes rocket. Embarassed

gcb Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:57 am

Online sites are usually pretty close, but my first NEW engine was a Space Bug Junior. Then came a used Space Bug, a used Thermal Hopper, a NEW Thermal Hopper, a NEW Babe Bee, and a NEW Pee Wee, and a NEW Olympic.

Of course I was somewhat NEW back then too. :-)

While in the Navy('60-'66) I acquired some, then new, Tee Dees. After that, I seem to gather various Cox engines from Conquest to Sure Starts, including a couple of the five-fin plugged Texacos.

I never met an engine I didn't like...except a Thor.

George

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