Turbo Optima Mid Special Build

[Jerzi]

Simple one of the best tc cars ever.
jerzi

[Bo Wallen]

Simple one of the best tc cars ever.
jerzi

I Remember when the Swedish Distributor got the first 10 cars by air from japan.........Lucky me i got two of them.
And now i got to start rebuilding them. They are in very good shape one is not build yet so that's easy,
No 2 is a racer and need a little help. I might try that car on Vintage Nationals in September if they let me in.

[j0pp3]

Simple one of the best tc cars ever.
jerzi

I Remember when the Swedish Distributor got the first 10 cars by air from japan.........Lucky me i got two of them.
And now i got to start rebuilding them. They are in very good shape one is not build yet so that's easy,
No 2 is a racer and need a little help. I might try that car on Vintage Nationals in September if they let me in.

Sounds very nice! Unbuilt

The Turbo Optima Mid Special is my next project...

[Bo Wallen]

Simple one of the best tc cars ever.
jerzi

I Remember when the Swedish Distributor got the first 10 cars by air from japan.........Lucky me i got two of them.
And now i got to start rebuilding them. They are in very good shape one is not build yet so that's easy,
No 2 is a racer and need a little help. I might try that car on Vintage Nationals in September if they let me in.

Sounds very nice! Unbuilt

The Turbo Optima Mid Special is my next project...

Some Competition..........I like that !


Ooh !!! Fasten seat belts !!! Hard hat on !!! and of course white glows on.

[phoenix]

Body ready, eagerly waiting for a built chassis Hope i'll make some progress on this soon... planned to start the build already two years ago...

[phoenix]

Ready to start the build !

[slotcarrod]

This is very cool, brings back some good memories! Enjoy the build, and I love the paint job!

[phoenix]

This is very cool, brings back some good memories! Enjoy the build, and I love the paint job!

Thanks Rod ! Finished the Chassis tonight ! I really wonder why there are so few racer/track pics of it in old magazines etc... it was at least quite popular in europe.

[phoenix]

Let's start ! Box and Chassis Blister.

The drivetrain was already prebuilt by Kyosho.

Please excuse the Schumacher pit mat

[phoenix]

Rear Motor Plate and Stiffener attached.

Main Gear Assembly.

Rear camber plate and stabilizer.

[phoenix]

Front shock tower and stabilizer.

Rear shock tower.

[phoenix]

Lower belt cover.

The ugly: 20+ year old dust seals for the rear gearbox... the sponge vanished quite a bit

Rear dust seal attached. Somehow And gaps filled with thread lock.

[phoenix]

Rear A-arms attached.

Steering posts, belt cover brace and rear chassis gate.

Battery mount posts attached. Let's stick with saddle packs for now, sticks were seriously uncool back in the days

[phoenix]

Front A-arms mounted.

Front steering knuckles, hubs and universals attached...

... and completed with upper links.

[phoenix]

Rear hubs...

... completed with dogbanes and upper links.

Next was the steering assembly: