Cox TD tank mount not what it seems.

Jason_WI Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:13 pm

Here is something not seen everyday. It's packaged as a Cox TD tank mount but it's an unfinished PeeWee tank. The inside of the tank is turned but the reed portion is unfinished. This is a factory sealed package.

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cox24711 Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:34 pm

Jason_WI wrote:Here is something not seen everyday. It's packaged as a Cox TD tank mount but it's an unfinished PeeWee tank. The inside of the tank is turned but the reed portion is unfinished. This is a factory sealed package.

lol how did you come across that? lol!

you could make a decent metal backplate for a td 020 Smile

KariFS Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:51 pm

Darned summertime trainees lol!

That's definitely a collectors item, kinda like a stamp with a printing error.

I wonder how many they packages and sent out before somebody figured out that the wrong bushel of parts was brought to packaging dept. But hey, the screws seem correct!

OVERLORD Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:23 am

Read this October 2015 thread:

https://www.coxengineforum.com/t8940-unknown-part

EXModelEngines Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:16 pm

We once bought a dozen of what we thought to be the TD tank/mount only to find these when the parts arrived...must have been from the same packaging.

My fault for not requesting a picture prior to agreeing to purchasing them lol!

Matt

**Admin** Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:39 pm

I wonder if it was an "Estes Special". Huh...

What if you drill some holes in it to mount it to a Tee Dee .020 crankcase. You can have a Tee Dee .020 front end on a Pee Wee style tank.

Interesting collectors item otherwise.

roddie Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:25 pm

At first I thought it might have an enlarged/threaded front-end, to screw into the case.. but there's no radial mount-ears. They'd also have to line-up squarely to the engine when tight, in order to get at the firewall screws. It would be lightweight though.. and a nice accessory for mounting a Tee Dee where a reedy had been.

Jason_WI Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:33 am

Looks like Cox found a way to get rid of unfinished parts. It is unique.

getback Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:34 am

That is pretty wild that the quality control didn't catch it or the packaging person who probably didn't have a clue . You think Leroy may have had a few the heck with it days lol!