[OVERULD]

I had the Corsair and also a P-40 Flying Tiger. I also won a 55 Chevy drag car that a Rexall Drug store gave away in a drawing. It had a couple of eyelets on the centerline of the frame and you would thread a line through them and anchor it at both ends and put a pile of pillows at the far end. You held the rear wheels off the floor, fired up the engine, throttled it up to banshee bumble-bee speed and then dropped the rear and watched an awesome burn-out for the full length of the basement floor. I can still smell the burned castor oil fuel. I never had a buddy with one of these cars to race against. Later set up a sweet jump and used to send the car sailing over the dog house, swing set, you name it! Crashed a bunch of planes too.

Anybody remember the Matel Varoom! motors? We put them on our bikes to make them look like motorcycles.

BJ

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

I had the Corsair and also a P-40 Flying Tiger. I also won a 55 Chevy drag car that a Rexall Drug store gave away in a drawing. It had a couple of eyelets on the centerline of the frame and you would thread a line through them and anchor it at both ends and put a pile of pillows at the far end. You held the rear wheels off the floor, fired up the engine, throttled it up to banshee bumble-bee speed and then dropped the rear and watched an awesome burn-out for the full length of the basement floor. I can still smell the burned castor oil fuel. I never had a buddy with one of these cars to race against. Later set up a sweet jump and used to send the car sailing over the dog house, swing set, you name it! Crashed a bunch of planes too.

Anybody remember the Matel Varoom! motors? We put them on our bikes to make them look like motorcycles.

BJ

I remember a rail type drag car similar to what you describe. I also remember an indy type racer that attached to a tether and went in a circle. It was green and had the "Sprite" soft drink logo on it. I had a Testor's hovercraft in olive drab with the American star on it that did the same thing.
Not sure about the Vrooom motors...how about the Tiger head that mounted on the handlebar and you pushed a lever to make the same sound? Same one?

[MikeNoun]

I remember the "Vr-room" motors! I only knew one kid that had one, and we were all jealous. We used the poor mans motorcycle sounds, we taped baseball cards to the forks of our bikes, and they slapped against the spokes.

Here's the Vr-room!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0dK42wOOA

My friend had the Cox Vega Funny Car. Remember how those Cox .049's started? On the airplanes, you hooked a little spring on one of the prop blades, turned a few turns, then let it kick back, and hopefully it would start. On the Cox cars, you flipped the rear tire, and they seemed much harder to start.

I sometimes see guys flying their R/C planes at a Forest Preserve by us, with a dedicated runway and area for R/C planes. I sometimes stop to watch, always looking for scale models. Not too interested in the stunt planes. Anyway, when one of those starts up, I smell that wonderful Cox engine fuel, and it really takes me back.

I found a box of old Cox stuff that I have, but everything is in pieces, nothing complete. An old 3-wheeled motorcycle in metallic purple, parts of a VW Dune buggy, and a blue front engined dragster.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

I remember the "Vr-room" motors! I only knew one kid that had one, and we were all jealous. We used the poor mans motorcycle sounds, we taped baseball cards to the forks of our bikes, and they slapped against the spokes.

Here's the Vr-room!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0dK42wOOA

My friend had the Cox Vega Funny Car. Remember how those Cox .049's started? On the airplanes, you hooked a little spring on one of the prop blades, turned a few turns, then let it kick back, and hopefully it would start. On the Cox cars, you flipped the rear tire, and they seemed much harder to start.

I sometimes see guys flying their R/C planes at a Forest Preserve by us, with a dedicated runway and area for R/C planes. I sometimes stop to watch, always looking for scale models. Not too interested in the stunt planes. Anyway, when one of those starts up, I smell that wonderful Cox engine fuel, and it really takes me back.

I found a box of old Cox stuff that I have, but everything is in pieces, nothing complete. An old 3-wheeled motorcycle in metallic purple, parts of a VW Dune buggy, and a blue front engined dragster.

I never would have remembered that vroom motor if you hadn't posted that commercial. I do remember those. That clip brought on a flashback. I remember the fact that it had a key. That thing was beyond any dream of me ever getting one. In fact, my first tricycle was a hand me down bike...lol

I've still got a quart of cox glo fuel, an engine on a wooden pylon that I used to fly gliders with as an adult and the battery starter wires.
As for being hard to start, they were ALL hard to start. You never forget the smell.

[Deadhead]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

I found a box of old Cox stuff that I have, but everything is in pieces, nothing complete. An old 3-wheeled motorcycle in metallic purple, parts of a VW Dune buggy, and a blue front engined dragster.

I had one of those trikes! They had a pull start. Mine was red. Had those big squishy slicks.

[Steve Barcak]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

I remember the "Vr-room" motors! I only knew one kid that had one, and we were all jealous. We used the poor mans motorcycle sounds, we taped baseball cards to the forks of our bikes, and they slapped against the spokes.

Here's the Vr-room!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0dK42wOOA

My friend had the Cox Vega Funny Car. Remember how those Cox .049's started? On the airplanes, you hooked a little spring on one of the prop blades, turned a few turns, then let it kick back, and hopefully it would start. On the Cox cars, you flipped the rear tire, and they seemed much harder to start.

I sometimes see guys flying their R/C planes at a Forest Preserve by us, with a dedicated runway and area for R/C planes. I sometimes stop to watch, always looking for scale models. Not too interested in the stunt planes. Anyway, when one of those starts up, I smell that wonderful Cox engine fuel, and it really takes me back.

I found a box of old Cox stuff that I have, but everything is in pieces, nothing complete. An old 3-wheeled motorcycle in metallic purple, parts of a VW Dune buggy, and a blue front engined dragster.

Mike, If you ( or anyone else ) would consider selling the Cox front engined dragster, I would be interested. Any Condition considered.

Yes, the Vega and Pinto funny cars, and probably others, did start by spinning the rear tires. I remember in 6th or 7th grade attending the AHRA Winternationals at Beeline Dragway. Hanging out in the nitro pits ( where else ?) I noticed all the enclosed trailers that were becoming popular. So, at wood shop in school, I built an enclosed trailer for my Cox Vega funny car. It had a hinged roof in the front to store my battery , fuel , tools, etc. Wish I still had it.

One of these days, want to get one of my old Cox control line planes running, or just buy another. I want to fly one again. They are a lot of fun.

On the Stuka- I forgot about the bomb but, do remember their wings made out of a blue, thin foam like substance? They were quite fragile and the life of mine was quite short.
I think the Mustang was the fastes, perhaps because it was the smallest. My fav is the P-40 Warhawk. Second is the Corsair. My complaint with the Corsair was the way the main landing gear was molded into the wing and quite fragile.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Steve Barcak

Mike, If you ( or anyone else ) would consider selling the Cox front engined dragster, I would be interested. Any Condition considered.

Yes, the Vega and Pinto funny cars, and probably others, did start by spinning the rear tires. I remember in 6th or 7th grade attending the AHRA Winternationals at Beeline Dragway. Hanging out in the nitro pits ( where else ?) I noticed all the enclosed trailers that were becoming popular. So, at wood shop in school, I built an enclosed trailer for my Cox Vega funny car. It had a hinged roof in the front to store my battery , fuel , tools, etc. Wish I still had it.

One of these days, want to get one of my old Cox control line planes running, or just buy another. I want to fly one again. They are a lot of fun.

On the Stuka- I forgot about the bomb but, do remember their wings made out of a blue, thin foam like substance? They were quite fragile and the life of mine was quite short.
I think the Mustang was the fastes, perhaps because it was the smallest. My fav is the P-40 Warhawk. Second is the Corsair. My complaint with the Corsair was the way the main landing gear was molded into the wing and quite fragile.

Now that you mention it...I had the P-40 too.

[MikeNoun]

Steve, that may have been a different version of the Stuka, as I remember mine was all black plastic. I found a pic on the web, and this was just what mine looked like. Note the red interior!



Many considered the Stuka an ugly bird, but I liked them. The gull wing just looked cool to me. The F4U Corsair was my other favorite back them.

[Steve Barcak]

Thanks for the pic. I forgot the Stuka had gull type wings. The German Cox plane I had was different than a Stuka. It did not look like a 190 or a 109, at least I do not think it did.
The plane I got had blue wings that were wide and flat. I do not remember them tapered either and it was larger than the Corsair. Just drawing a blank.

I never had a Stuka.