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Old 04-04-2009
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Default Kyosho optima pictures

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swwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet wish i still had mine thats what a 4wd buggy should look like propper old school ,
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Old 04-04-2009
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Default Optima Vintage

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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Old 13-04-2009
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You see mine in my avatar also !

Needs a bit more time with the screw driver!
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Old 22-04-2009
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Default Another of my Optimas

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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Old 22-04-2009
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But why has it alu shocktowers ??? Mine had frp.

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Old 22-04-2009
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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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the Salute. Still runs well...
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Old 23-04-2009
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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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Old 25-04-2009
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Default Turbo Optima Mid Special

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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Old 16-05-2009
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My car is now for sale.

You can find the add in the for sale section.

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Old 19-05-2009
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Now on ebay.

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Old 19-05-2009
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Default OPTIMA

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 ),a complete new set of alloy chassis bits,universal swing shafts front and rear, Option House Gold Shocks,hardened final pinion,48dp spur set and a few other odds and ends and i was set with a cool vintage racer. Ive driven this car a whole heap and had a ball with it. Its been great reliving old memories-







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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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Old 20-05-2009
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Bormac you must be the ultimate vintageguy on this planet.. i'm very impressed and please keep it up . Does anyone know if you can fit uj:s on a Ultima the first version? Got ispired to build me an vintageracer too. Cheers
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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 : drool: im going to cry now wish i still had mine , sold it about 9 months ago cause it just sat there gutted , i really wish kyosho would bring this baby out in its true stlye but with all the latest teck i d sell everthing to get one
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Car is now on ebay. 2 days to go

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Old 23-05-2009
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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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