Hi, please need help to identifiy a "supposed to be" COX Black Widow...

hikikomori89 Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:18 pm

Dear Cox lovers,

You have been very helpul in the past, please would you be kind enough to help me to improve my knowledge in Cox engines...

What do you think of this one ? It's not old, and not expensive, I know, but I'd like to be sure !

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/131712936549?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Am I right ?

I thank you all !

Benoît from France

cox24711 Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:27 pm

You are right it is a black widow Very Happy

hope you snatch it up!

**Cribbs74** Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:38 pm

Looks to be a later vintage black widow. 59€ is way too much for what is being offered. Maybe that's the going rate in the EU?

Ron

hikikomori89 Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:17 pm

Then I will be OK for a lower price !

hikikomori89 Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:33 pm

Moreover, shipping fees are less expensive for european buyers...

In fact I think I'll be happy with a 40 € offer...

Jason_WI Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:39 pm

20€ is tops for that one.

KariFS Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:03 am

I got one like that here in Finland for 25€ + postage not long ago. Never run, but no box or tools. Spinner, prop and starter spring were included. I think it was a good deal. 59€ is a bit much, I might go that far for an early BW in very very good condition, and after personally inspecting it. But that's just my personal opinion.

Around here about 99% of the available Cox engines seem to be late '70s - early '80s Babe Bees with Kavan tank extension kit or beat-up product engines Smile

Not sure how it is in the "Continental" Europe, but in Finland anything else is pretty few and far between.

balogh Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:03 am

KariFS wrote:...............
Around here about 99% of the available Cox engines seem to be late '70s - early '80s Babe Bees with Kavan tank extension kit or beat-up product engines Not sure how it is in the "Continental" Europe, but in Finland anything else is pretty few and far between.

In my place - in as much as Hungary is part of Continental Europe - the COX engines are even more of an oddity...certainly the highest concentration of them in Eastern Europe - and probably the highest absolute population with 50+, mostly vintage and NIB engines - is in my closet...

pkrankow Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:40 am

Have a look at some vendors

http://coxengines.ca/
http://www.exmodelengines.com/

They sell new versions of the Cox reed engines made from original and new manufacture parts. In general they are slightly more powerful than the older versions since the cylinders being used are the best available porting that Cox produced as stock.

The common bee engines should not be more than buying new. There are quite a few variations of these engines through the years though.

Phil

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Yes my price is high, but : there is a "make an offer" option !

And indeed, in Europe, prices for US engines are a little bit much higher...

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