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hey all just wondering if anyone knows much about the cox gulpy i know they where made using the victa engine and thats about all i know theres not to much info on them. the mechanic at work has a cox gulpy which he amaturely restored about 10 years ago but it been sitting in shed since then he never got back to it till now lol. he did store it propperly though so hopfully we can get it going pretty easy he never put the carby on he had it there but never did it. all the hard work was done, he cant remember why he never finished proberly lost interest. its not 100% original but still a nice machine ill post some pics in next couple of days but if anyone knows some history on these that would be great

Hi again codeman, a picture of the machine in question is required, before we can give good advice...otherwise we are flying blind on just a model name...There are so many model variances that it is nigh on impossible without some pics from various angles, including the engine...if it turns out to be a Briggs and Stratton, please post the complete string of numbers stamped into the air cowling, and we can supply the date of manufacture of the said engine; if it is a Victa, our Victa gurus may be able to help with the engine number stamped on the crack-case to narrow down a date.
History might then be forthcoming.

here are some pics

Hi codeman, here is a little history for you...I am still doing some more research for you.

The Cox Story
Owen Cox, Cox Mowers
Over 50 years in the making

The secret to the success of Owen Cox is that he listened to the needs of his customers. And he then designed and engineered products that exceeded his customers' expectations. The zenith of that business philosophy is to be found today in Cox's range of tough, quality ride-on mowers that are packed full of design and engineering innovations born from the experiences and wish lists of the people who use ride-ons.

Truly... The Tough Australians...
The story of Cox began in 1953 when inventor and engineer, Owen Cox, founded his company to produce the 'Air Rite' brand of petrol and electric driven air compressors. They were immediately successful and encouraged Owen to expand his foundry and engineering base and begin manufacturing innovative two-stoke outboard motors for the boating market.
Then, as new petrol powered push lawn mowers began to revolutionise domestic lawn care, Owen realised their potential and developed his 'Mow-Master' range - again, an outstanding success story. Through his own retail outlet, Owen kept in close contact with his customers and was able to move quickly to keep ahead of this rapidly developing market. Realising that push mowers were of little use on Australia's larger properties, Owen pioneered the concept of ride-on mowers and, by the late 1950's, was producing and marketing the Cox 'Mow Mobile' - Australia's very first designed and built ride-on mower.
Hopefully, more to come.

thanks for history mate we have an old cox mower at work the boss acquired a few months ago ill post some pics of that as well

Thanks for the reply, looking forward to seeing the pics...I'm back on the trail tomorrow to see if more info is available....Pretty thin on the ground though...

Is the exhaust 1" copper tube???

Im sure that if you played around with the exhaust a bit you could get a bit more power out of it.

Where it comes out of the cylinder get a fitting that keeps the OD the same all the way through the first bend down. Step it up to a bit biger than an inch for about 8 inches or so then back down to 3/4" to the exit port on the leg.
Use the shape of a motorbike expansion chamber as a guide.

Would take a bit of trial and error to get it right but through that and jetting you could easy get 50% extra power.

Actually a second look, its a 125, a 160 will get more go.

Hi all, I have just salvaged a Cox Gulpy from my mothers farm. It's in great original condition and runs beautifully.
I contacted Cox Industries in QLD yesterday, 18/11/13 and received a reply from the General Manager, Steve Lee. He said, "Yes the Gulpy was great, I started with Cox in 1973 which was around the time we started producing the product, we were buying special engines from Victa for the Gulpy and Victa decided to produce their own JET and therefore would no longer supply us with engines.
As expected their unit did not perform as well as the Gulpy and eventually they stopped producing it, unfortunately it was to late for us to go back into production as the Ride on Mower side of the business was taking off.
Good to see it still works, they originally came with a hose connector that connected to the outlet, this enabled it to be used as a pump as well, if my memory is correct it would push a 12 foot tinny along at around 5 knots."
Great to get this sort of info about an interesting bit of unique engineering.
Cheers