Kyosho Optima Mid Restore (DanB4)

[DanB4]

Hi Guys,

Well my Optima Mid arrived at my parents house in the UK and a friend just brought it over last week to me in Oman.....wow

The box is mint.
The instructions and inner box card are mint, no creases, tears, grease, just like they came out of the box.
The front bumper is brand new, no marks whatsoever
Wheels and tyres are mint

The car is basically immaculate, I assume it has run once on carpet many years ago before being put in the loft. It also came with 2 sets of Kyosho wheels with trued foams on.

The bits which I'll replace are:

Chassis - the original is good but has a few scratches

Then there's the mods the original owner has done, some of which you'll see in the pic.....from memory here's what's been added to the standard Mid:

- Front universals (a la Turbo Mid)

- Turnbuckles - they're silver so maybe aftermarket?

- No mechanical esc here, it arrived with a shiny Futaba MC-112B and original RX, like it's just out of the box - and the Attack-R TX too....already have one of these

- The front and rear sway bars have also been changed.

- It has modified battery mounts although with the spares are 4 brand new originals.

It came with a load of new spares as you can see in the pic, a brand new spur gear, lots of mint shiny Optima Mid goodies and another set of the white white mid wheels and 2 sets of original Javelin/Optima wheels! I'm now collecting quite a few vintage Kyosho wheels and tyres!

So, my question is, as it has the front universals already and turnbuckles.....do I buy some shock towers, a chassis and a couple of other bits and make it a Turbo Optima Mid or do I just restore it as a Standard Optima Mid? I have 2 Marwan shells, I plan to do one as a Turbo and one as a normal Mid.

Sorry for the poor smartphone photos.

Cheers, let the fun commence.

Dan

[j0pp3]

Oh my.... !

Great to see that there are more Optima Mids out there in super condition like this. Not much of a restore huh?

As you got the Optima Mid box in mint condition I would, without any doubt, restore it as a Optima Mid

Well written and informative text!

Looking forward to see how this continues.

[HKS_TRD]

I agree restore it to be a mid

I am pretty sure that a standard mid has not sway bars

You can always build a second mid and make that a turbo mid, you already have quite a few parts to kick the project off!

[DanB4]

Ok decision made

It also came with one of the larger Kyosho front bumpers, the one which stretches to protect the wishbones but is similar in shape to the original, still has Kyosho moulded on the front - I had one of these back in the day.....will post a pic asap.

Is it from a Burns?

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/inde...howtopic=23346

Dan

[terry.sc]

I covered it all in that old post on Tamiyaclub.
If it doesn't have two extra holes that line up with the Mid mounting it's a Kyosho Burns bumper. If it has the two extra holes it's still a Burns bumper, just modified by Ripmax to fit the Mid.

[DanB4]

Originally Posted by terry.sc

I covered it all in that old post on Tamiyaclub.
If it doesn't have two extra holes that line up with the Mid mounting it's a Kyosho Burns bumper. If it has the two extra holes it's still a Burns bumper, just modified by Ripmax to fit the Mid.

Ok cheers Terry.

It's a bit scratched and I never liked the wider ones, might stick it on eBay.

Dan

[DanB4]

Guys, mint condition partial Kyosho Mid decals here:

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthre...331#post678331