Another Bees Nest

Oh boy, can't help but think that some of them
will end up in my stable.
Nice haul, Eric.
Bob

When I got started buying Cox engines/parts on e-bay I would pay whatever it took to get an engine lot like you scored.  I once paid $400+ for around 50 mismatched bee engines and parts. A lot were junk but perfect for what I had planned to do with them.  Then you get the nice surprise like a Davis diesel crank or a few Babe Bees with 3 piece pistons.  I even found an early Bee with the countersunk screws and back plate, also with a 3pc piston.  Not to mention over a dozen "W" filament glow heads and sometimes a TD cylinder .049 or .051 ci. mounted on a Black Widow.  My best find I feel are the cylinders marked P-40. Not many were made.  So the real lure in purchasing those lots was expecting the unexpected.   A treasure hunt!  Now I get to use ugly, damaged and worn parts for my experiments without ruining perfectly good, ones.

coxaddict wrote:When I got started buying Cox engines/parts on e-bay I would pay whatever it took to get an engine lot like you scored.  I once paid $400+ for around 50 mismatched bee engines and parts. A lot were junk but perfect for what I had planned to do with them.  Then you get the nice surprise like a Davis diesel crank or a few Babe Bees with 3 piece pistons.  I even found an early Bee with the countersunk screws and back plate, also with a 3pc piston.  Not to mention over a dozen "W" filament glow heads and sometimes a TD cylinder .049 or .051 ci. mounted on a Black Widow.  My best find I feel are the cylinders marked P-40. Not many were made.  So the real lure in purchasing those lots was expecting the unexpected.   A treasure hunt!  Now I get to use ugly, damaged and worn parts for my experiments without ruining perfectly good, ones.

just to help you out I think I found one !

Thanks Greg
Maybe we should start a post about oddities
Here's a couple. Don't know what it was designed for

here is the link! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COX-P40-FLYING-TIGER-Thimble-Drome-Tether-Airplane-Engine-USA-1950s/181981596165?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D34494%26meid%3Da519e3ea44ac451dbe0464895e2f052c%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D201496171332

coxaddict wrote:Thanks Greg
Maybe we should start a post about oddities
Here's a couple. Don't know what it was designed for

what the heck was he thinking !

Try using the "macro" setting on your camera to clean up your images. Will make all the difference in the world on those close-ups.

Sorry, I used an old camera that doesn't have macro. My new camera was purchased just for posting pictures has the macro setting. I was too lazy to get it out to use.  If clearer pics are needed I'll retake and repost.