Vintage Cox Dune Buggy Video - Edited on a vintage Commodore Amiga Toaster

[@ronbethel5577]

My old man got me one of these in 1969 for Xmas. Always wanted another one. Just won one on eBay today a day before my 56th birthday. Old man is long gone but great memories flooding back. Thanks for posting.

[@mikesecondo2254]

Ron Bethel ....yeh..cool story.....brings back memories!!! you still got buggy you bought on line?

[@davestelling]

Great story. My Dad gave me some Christmas money, 1969. I bought this, even took it to school in the spring for Show & Tell, but teacher freaked when she thought it was a fire hazzard. Boy, some great memories, for sure...

[@briannotafan3368]

i,vehad baja bug dune buggy, chaperall, trike, funny car& dragster as a kid wed run the buggys in the snow in the winter me& my buddy got good at fixin the recoil starters on em

[@garydalrymple7308]

Funny you should say that Ron. I was given one as a gift from my uncle when he visited us in NJ in 1977. I was 10 and I ran that till I nearly wore it out. Fav toy. I’m a NASA engineer now and I was fascinated by the engines. I took delivery today of a Brand new, never run/fueled, in Red. I’m 54 now and I can’t stop looking at it. Even without being fueled I can almost smell the fuel and hearing it run in this video, I’m now back in my backyard, in 1977. Who says there’s no such thing as time travel. Now I’m waiting on another EBay purchase of a COX Action Van, all yellow, brand new as well. The guy I bought mine from Ron has other new ones also. I realize that this post is 5 yr old but thought I’d answer anyway.

[@richardc9634]

I had this exact same dune buggy, my father always took a long time to start it and it never ran very far, but I loved it, San Francisco 1972

[@jaylongton]

I remember they were a bitch to start but when it ran I had fun.

[@jonnun7713]

Dude! I am 49 years old and I am just getting into this now with a lot of history and vintage engines! Hit me up man

[@scottwj1]

Oh man! Thanks for the ride down memory lane!

[@mikesrcgarage]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Great times in life with amazing toys!

[@edwardwright5377]

I had the 3 wheeled chopper for Christmas in 69 got up and played for hours in the 70 degree Texas weather.

[@Hazwaste63]

Very cool. I had the bright red dune buggy back in the mid 70s. Many hours of fun watching that thing go around in circles.

[@toyman81]

Kids in the 50's, 60's and early 70's had the Best Kick Butt Toys!!!

[@jaylongton]

Right on! I can remember starting this thing in my house and running it around. You could never do that today. The kids today don't live they just exist!

[@kevinrockford9826]

@@jaylongton never ran mine indoors, not even in the basement.

[@GuitarGuys7299]

I had one of those when I was a kid. I got it at Woolworth's back in 1979. I named it Wonderbug after the old Krofft tv show.

[@kennethcolbert2170]

My dad and me had so much fun with that Dune Buggy.Wish you could still get them.But dad is gone and so are the good times we had thanks for the video.

[@tubergenmotorsports4193]

Thank you!!! I've never seen the COX Dune Buggy run before!

[@jb5music]

Way years later I had an 049 centrifugal clutch RC Jerobee 2 channel radio I think it was a Dodge Challenger? I took the 2 channel radio control out of it and mounted it in the bodyless chassis of the Cox Dune Buggy. They used to make 049 planes that you wing around in a circle wide open. They used to run backwards just as well. I took the backwards running 049 prop motor and bolted it backwards on a thin wood block that was then bolted outside the engine cage on the back of the bodyless Cox. I hooked everything up and had RC steering and and throttle from the jerobee. The 049 was finally unimprisoned from the merciless jogging speed 18,000 rpm over run torture of it's life and we would follow the pneumatic knobby tired bodyless cox dune buggy chassis around the block in a car hitting speeds of 40 mph like a Florida everglades air boat but on land.

[@GuitarGuys7299]

If you ever need tires for the buggy, Tamiya Grasshopper tires are a perfect fit.

[@TheKingofpizza]

Outstanding ! I had the orange one !

[@tebeardenkahboom1]

I got like four of them and two of them are in pristine condition never had fuel ran through them. Thanks for posting I would never dare fire one of mine up : D

[@jaylongton]

I remember buying mine at K Mart for $19.99 in about 1975. It was the orangish colored one. I can remember going shopping once a week and running to that section to see if it was still there as I was saving my money from odd jobs in the neighborhood.

[@kevinrockford9826]

I just had a flashback to getting one for Christmas. In those days I had to mow neighbors yards and shovel snow to get things I didnt get at Christmas.

[@Helivz]

My beloved mom bought me a purple, Cox Trike back in August of 1973. Hours and hours of fun. I was a lad of 12.

[@briannotafan3368]

i had the red trike i was maby 11 at the time im 62 now

[@fanbatcher]

Can’t remember how many Cox cars I had but I never put them on tethers - just let them fly. No wonder they only lasted a few days before they broke apart. But Mom would always buy another one...

[@TheCubbyman61]

I just got mine 2 weeks ago from ebay, purple and all parts complete, cleaned the motor and the recoil starter before firing it up. Sure was fun watching it run around the block. I am planning to install a 2 channel radio with servos for steering and to control the throttle. Fun !

[@edrosa3485]

Holy smokes, an Amiga video toaster setup! Wow.

[@jobos98]

i had a cox buggy in 1975 & mine was running great like yours in the video, it was its first running, it ran for about 6 loops & sudenly stopped instantly, after dismanteling the engine i found that the counterweight on the crank broke off - acting like a drum break in the engine case, causing it to stop instantly, one of my sadest days of the 70s. Lol.

[@rcgrabbag]

@lawbench191 That's awesome, me too. Most people probably had one of these Cox cars or knew someone that had one. They are such a staple of the toys of the 1970's. Hard to believe they're not made anymore.

[@alwedworth]

Somehow that was fun back in the 70ies...

[@briannotafan3368]

i had the baha bug my buddy had the dune buggy we had a ball we even played with em in the snow

[@TheCubbyman61]

I added the 2 channel 27 mhz radio and one servo for throttle control on the exhaust sleeve, worked as planned. What you need for these small engines is care and patience. I have the tiny Cox .010, Pee Wee .020 and a handful of .049s mounted on airplanes. I enjoy flying my planes with these engines with no problem at all.

[@davidhill5621]

Love the music from chips? This is pure awesome! Ive got several of these cox cars

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

@SuperKONR That's really cool,I remember Mongoose were very popular BMX bikes then.I always had Schwinn's myself,they were about the toughest bikes,nearly unbreakable! But glad to hear that people out there are being raised right, being outside exploring and having fun is better for Your mind anyway,and yeah, 500 channels of commercials and junk, little of it worth anyone's time,You're father has the right idea getting you out riding.

[@themadscientest]

My father always told me about these since he had a purple one when he was young, I finally found one in ok shape and I'm in the process of doing a full resto. Unfortunately the one I found was orange but fortunately it still has rubber from 1970 in good shape.

[@peternorthrup6274]

Mine was purple. I remember the smell. Miss it.

[@jaylongton]

I can still remember the smell too. It's funny how people remember the same stuff about certain things.

[@rcgrabbag]

Nope, just the 'thrill' of watching run around in circles.

[@SpiritsoftheWolf]

would be so cool if you make a good race track for those retros, just run down the straighways, turning on curves, watching them go by, now that would be so cool!!

[@zudemaster]

They would never sell things like this today. Some snowflake child might get hurt.

[@frankpalladino2524]

So true

[@jaylongton]

Right on! The kids today don't live they just exist!

[@kevinrockford9826]

You got a laugh out of me with that one.

[@misterbacon4933]

Fun to see!

[@Mogman150]

I had one of these dune buggies. It was hard to keep it running. And the pull cable would fray. I had a few Amigas, too (still have a 2000).

[@briannotafan3368]

ihad the 500 built up w/ a super gen tosed it many yrs ago i regret that

[@lawbench191]

I had one of those in my day also!

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

This is how we dreamed of having fun long before video games and 500 TV channels! Yeah, we often got cuts,scrapes and burns,fuel sprayed on our faces and all over our clothes, but we had real fun. We rode bikes everywhere, You hardly ever see kids riding any more,and i haven't heard a gas airplane in a park in ages. I guess some of us were lucky to grow up back then.

[@bowtiebeagle]

Yeah l remember my hand burning on fire! but no flame. My friend looking at me.Like whats wrong with you? And the other thing l remember getting hit by the prop on the planes. But you learn not to do it again. Kids can't do that now.

[@bowtiebeagle]

Yeah l remember my hand burning on fire! but no flame. My friend looking at me.Like whats wrong with you? And the other thing l remember getting hit by the prop on the planes. But you learn not to do it again. Kids can't do that now.

[@54fargo]

I had the sand rail buggy and Adam 12 cruiser.....a buddy of mine had "The Snake" dragster.....lots of fun back then

[@nswiss19751]

I wish I was there nothing like the smell of Cox fuel.

[@davidhill5621]

It was the nitro benzene addative that smelt so pleasant in the cox fuel along with the klotz lubricant they used kl200 was the name i think

[@jaylongton]

@@davidhill5621 Can you still buy it today? Or is the formula different? I remember the smell too.

[@davidhill5621]

@@jaylongton they no longer make cox fuel however their is a guy that makes fuel identical to cox fuel its called fitz fuels ,by glow plug boy ,its got the klotz benol lube in it , the original had Dow lube and klotz kl200 lube in it , google fitz fuels check him out , i think he sells it on ebay as well, i use it alot ,its very good stuff

[@royalanania3306]

Nice,I had two Cox rail dragsters circa 1974.

[@thebmr321]

im going to buy one and put a micro servo on it and drive it around!

[@O7ROADKING]

Wow i had one of these baby's in the early 70s mine was orange or at least thats how i remember it. i also had the dragster.we never used the string we just let her rip down the street that old 0.49 could move hahahaha im still into glow RC and some 2 stroke gas helicopters and i also got a few Traxas trucks lots of fun still and im in my 50s .Thanks for the memory's

[@rcgrabbag]

@HuasoPodrido Don't be too hard on yourself. We've all had moments like those! At least we have new avenues to relive those memories!

[@mikewalker2613]

I just got one of these. I have an old evil knieval action figure to put in it

[@WillKlaver]

.. i had this dune buggy but lost Track of it when the old man bought me a Motorcycle .. 😏🇺🇲

[@mathbeause706]

I want to see those 90s transitions tho!

[@rcgrabbag]

Yes, they are in the video. I use toaster transitions between each scene.

[@DukeLaCrosse20]

I had one of these in about 1975. It ran for about 10 minutes before falling apart. I also had one of the original Amigas. I miss the old days, but most products were crap back then.

[@jaylongton]

What the hell are you talking about Willis? Shit was real and of great quality back in the day.

[@bigpluck51]

My Dune Buggy was Red with Metal Flakes. I also had the Yellow Van.

[@SuperKONR]

I found my uncle's dune buggy in my Grandma's attic and he gave it to me. I bought a new engine for it but it still needs new tires. 25 years in a hot attic isn't kind to rubber.

[@goedeck1]

I'm trying to find tires, since mine had fuel leak on them and ruined them. Any favorite aftermarket stores out there?

[@user-rc7du8nf7g]

懐かしい また販売してほしいね

[@rcgrabbag]

Yes, I have a number of photos, but no video as of yet. Photos are on my website that goes by my KZbin user name. Once there, search for "Trike".

[@kirkconway]

I had one just like it miine was purple metallic, got it at Toy;s ,R Us in La Mesa Calif, totallly cool bugy, I think alot more fun than plane;s. I dont know what happened to Cox in L A Calif but they should start making these again theyd sell them like hotcake's, every older guy in his 40's or early 50's would grab at least two of them.

[@davidrivero7943]

1st & last Cox Car but I liked it . Their control lines Planes were easier to start. My God, if we had Traxxas, then.

[@ifly65]

What music is that? Even the synth part is perfect. I had the orange V.W. Cox. I always wanted the purple buggy.

[@rcgrabbag]

Yeah it was from some mp3 service. I literally looked for the worst 70's music I could find. This happens to be a disco version of the theme song for the movie, Summer of 42.

[@b.p.m.5136]

Me and my brother got the dune buggy and the chopper following your consecutive they were both purple

[@mikesecondo2254]

Flash back to 1974!!!!

[@pellesomethingsomething]

Good times! :D

[@SouthernPrinceKenny]

I had the red funny car but it never ran good due to kink in fuel line I never fixed... Where is it now?

[@DatBlueHusky]

still dont know why these go for so much, ive seen them go over $400

[@rcgrabbag]

BTW, I just posted a video of my friend running his Cox Jeep, so have a look.

[@lionelvillahermosa653]

Excellent

[@did3d523]

I had the same in 82 , the motor alway stop after few seconde...

[@MrDjh66]

Very cool I had the cox army jeep

[@marioman971]

Ok these were awsome. I know my dad had one, wish he still did. Then again, ive also wanted an a4000t for a long time, couldnt find one.have to look for both on ebay. One question: was that the same machine with a different body? Just wondering

[@JDspeedandFab.]

YOU DONT HAPPEN TO HAVE THE CHOPPER TRIKE DO YA? HAD THAT ONE IN THE EARLY SEVENTYS. THANKS FOR THE VID.

[@timpriddy349]

Neighbor had one......I remember the smell

[@jeffpittel6926]

LOL, I had the exact same model.

[@kirkconway]

yea guy that ,049 engine would just sit there and WAAAIIILLLL till there was no tomorrrow. could listen to it for hrs and never get tired of it, totallly bitchen buggy. im getting aother one.

[@TopSecretVid]

Curious what camera were you using..?

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks for the props! But ya gotta read the video description to see why this music was so carefully chosen for this video. Besides, coming from someone with boobs for their avatar, I'd'a thought you'd appreciate a porn music soundtrack!

[@did3d523]

I have same in 1980 in france the engine was diferente whell black to start mine was red

[@TimeisReel]

I had one, could get it started. But never run...Lol !!!

[@matrox]

I had one of these around 1970 or 71, they were hard to start, hard to keep running and when you were lucky to get it running, the gas mileage was maybe 5 min. Mine was orange, a beautiful buggy to display on a shelf but ran like a piece of crap. Ever since I have gone out of my way to stay away from COX products.

[@TheCubbyman61]

+matrox As i've said, care and patience, and you 'll be rewarded with hours and hours of fun!

[@HuasoPodrido]

The sound of the cox engine brings back great memories, I had the Cox Jeep and enjoyed it until I found girls much more interesting and the poor car most likley was thrown away.....what kind of fool am I....

[@SuperKONR]

@Oldbmwr100rs 500 TV channels and there's nothing good on, that's why I don't pay for cable lol. I love riding my bike everywhere, my Dad gave me his 78 Mongoose that he bought brand new and delivered papers with!

[@SKJProductions1]

Cool video, I have a video of an unstared elimanator dragster if you want to embed it

[@massgator1]

is it radio controlled.

[@UnicornSnuggler]

What song is playing in the background?

[@rcgrabbag]

+UnicornSnuggler I picked the cheesiest 70's music I could find. Isn't it horrible? I think it's a disco version of the Summer of '42 movie theme song. Seriously. I'm not kidding.

[@UnicornSnuggler]

+rcgrabbag It's horrible and kind of amazing! The farther away from the 70s we get, the more I want to go back, and even stuff like that sounds like comfort. But also, sweet buggy! Thanks for the info.

[@marcribaudo1965]

Reminds me of the opening music for the Love Boat or perhaps Vega$.

[@gijsvansoest7716]

I want 1 i wil make iT radio conttol

[@calvincooley1074]

Had the rc version