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For the vintage fans
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swwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet wish i still had mine
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Thats a nice Optima there!, my own is not finished yet, i attach a picture. I just need to replace the shock collars and then cut the body mount holes and its finished!.
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Here's mine (my avatar)
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You see mine in my avatar also !
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This a a very rare Kyosho Turbo Optima Mid Special, it has UJ's in front carbon fibre chassis (only available on this car or as part of a conversion set (approx £100) or bought as a part for approx £70!!, has the yellow telephone dial wheels also which were only on this kit or bought seperately and the very rare Square block tyres front and rear. I bought the car as a runner and cleaned it up a little and added the bodyset and decals (all done by myself and im not the best with apaint can!, although i have 9 more to do so im getting better!).
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But why has it alu shocktowers ??? Mine had frp.
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My mates still got his optima mid lwb he raced in the early nineties .
It has the frp shock towers and an anodized chassis. If i grab it from him sometime ill pop some piccies up. My old mid swb had frp shock towers aswell , it was the turbo mid . That one above in the picture looks like the standard one. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sorry for the biiig pics. Bodyshell is an early RC10 one, Protech I believe. My dream is to find a Javelin roll cage, sweet ![]() ![]() Chassis has been anodised by a small local company. Color is a bit dark though, more than the Celebration one, but it matches rather well with the shocks.
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Nope your wrong sorry its a Turbo Optima Mid Special, it did come originally with FRP shock towers but as some of you know they broke very easily, so many racers replaced them with alloy ones either home made or from optima mid, these are from Optima mid, i have the original FRP shock towers (i have 11 sets of them) which go on the various optimas i have (i think at last count 23/24). I enclose the pictures of the latest 2 to be completed. They are an original optima with ORIGINAL Kyosho celebration gold chassis, alloy wheels bridgestone tyres and an optima body done in JPS livery. The second is a Optima mid custom in box art)
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My car is now for sale.
You can find the add in the for sale section. Cheers |
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The Optima was my first 1/10th electric car and at the time was hot on the racing scene. I must have driven that poor thing to death (and then some...LOL). Never realy raced it outside of the 540 class as back then I was a junior and the car was fast enough for me anyways.
Sadly I traded it for a newer model back then and i think it ended up in R/C heaven after the guy who got it from me beat it to within a breath of its life- Years later and realising the collector scene was in full swing and nib kits were still in circulation i simply had to relive the memory and own one all over again. I tracked down a new built car and even got it with a very nice kit box to boot! I also got hold of a Kamtec shell and had a go at painting a box art paint scheme. Not happy with just owning a sweet new built i also had to have a runner. This time I got an absolute junker in a trade with a mate and needless to say pretty much half the car went into the trash. After sourcing a nib belt conversion set ( and taking out a bank loan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Damnit I'm jealous...
I have just inherited an Optima Pro but it needs some serious work to get it ready. As my Yoke 870c is now race-able maybe I'll have to make a start on it. It certainly won't end up as good as that though... |
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Bormac you must be the ultimate vintageguy on this planet.. i'm very impressed and please keep it up
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Thankyou for the compliment Twister. Im not sure if its true but Ive certainly raced and drive more vintage buggies than anyone else I know.
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wow wow wow
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have an old Kyosho Turbo Optima Mid SE, that needs some parts. ... Status: offline, hi, do you still have the kyosho? i know this is an old thread. ...
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