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No, this was literally a garage find. A friend of mine said he had been chatting to somebody online who had told him he had a TOP Models car in his garage that his dad had brought him new in kit form directly from the shop. I was given his contact details and this is what he sent me. It is literally the real deal with every component as it came new, right down to the spare HPI rims and two sets of optional Losi springs in different colours. I have been tempted to put the greens on the rear shocks too like the press car, but this is how the guy raced it so I want to try it out first with his set up. The only thing that needs changing is one rubber shock diaphragm has split (inside one of the front shocks) so once I have that it'll be good to go. An amazing time-warp car.

Looking at the underside it has only really had light use, which is also clear by the fact that the original Hybrid bodyshell has survived intact. That is probably the rarest part of the whole car as it cannot be replaced.