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Originally Posted by DerbyDan
Nice collection of (immaculate) parts  - Do you build your cars by collecting each individual part - or do you generally start with a good condition car & then replace any parts that are particularly worn or damaged?
I must admit the Mid Custom & Mid Custom & the rare Mid Special were my favourite of all the Optima cars - the extra wheelbase length gave great proportion the aggressive square bodyshell. I can remember thinking how cool & sleek the Mid Custom Special looked with its bubble canopy when it was first released but now I prefer the squarer shells of the previous models. |
Hi Dan,
I started buying Optima Mid cars in February and collected maybe ten cars in different shape. Some cars had also extra parts with them so I have a lot of parts in total. As you may know I have just made three restored cars out of them yet. There has also been a lot of searching for N.I.P parts to replace certain key parts that I want to be in extra good shape, like chassis, bumpers, wheels, shocks and top deck etc
I agree with you on the body issue. The Mid Custom Special is a space ship compared to all the others. That car is probably the one I will restore last.
One can always save up for N.I.B Optimas on the evilbay dreamland but that's not my thing really. Making nice restorations out of misc cars is really fun!
