Optima restoration-lots of pics - now a Turbo as well

Post by **Bormac** » Mon May 13, 2013 6:06 am

Glad to see this build thread, I love Optima's

I also spied the chain too. I see it a lot.
Glad to see you stuck with these projects.
Cheers-Jason

Post by **ecloptima** » Mon May 13, 2013 6:37 pm

I like the original paint scheme of this car!

Post by **mtbkym01** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:49 am

Mega bump of my thread here. Years ago, I received a basket case Turbo as part of a motorcycle sale, and finally decided to crack into rebuilding it. As a bonus, although missing a few parts, this had the Option House belt drive conversion installed

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It came with a set of proper wheels on the rear, and what look like Tamiya Hotshot wheels on the front, luckily I had 1 pair of original new wheels already

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Weird shocks and some kind of home made shock tower extensions on the front

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All stripped down

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Post by **mtbkym01** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:03 am

A bit of effort and work on those dirty old wheels, and they came out pretty good imho. I had a set of OT66 tyres that have had a little bit of running on them, but will well and truely be sufficient for this project

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Assembly restarted, a new set of bearings went into it

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Some Option House Equalizer shocks, although not period correct, are definitely the right brand for this one, so on they go

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Post by **mtbkym01** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:11 am

Tyre lettering done

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Couldn’t resist

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Front stabiliser

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And rear

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Post by **aircooled** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:19 am

mtbkym01 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:49 am Weird shocks

from a PB Mini Mustang

Post by **mtbkym01** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:34 am

aircooled wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:19 am
mtbkym01 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:49 am Weird shocks
from a PB Mini Mustang

Glad I haven’t disposed of them then

Post by **mtbkym01** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:44 am

I have a few Kyosho LeMans Motors that I’ve gathered over the years, and decided that this one will be going into the Turbo, it just needs brushes, springs, and leads

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And done

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Bash guard hit with a wire brush on a drill to remove many scratches and gouges

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Chassis basically complete

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And sitting next to it’s brother (as documented earlier in this thread) which is still in need of a painted body

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Post by **mtbkym01** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:34 am

I think I ordered a repro body for the Turbo at the same time as I ordered the Optima one from MarwanRC. If not at the time, sometime soon after, as it’s been in the parts cupboard for a long time. Now having these 2 chassis complete sitting on the shelf motivated me to get the bodies completed

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Post by **coxbros1** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:54 am

Nice restos! Excellent motor selections, u should head over to the vintage electronics thread and vote on the lemans motor thread

Are those your painted bodies? They look great

Post by **XLR8** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:45 am

Good job! Both cars look great!!

Post by **mtbkym01** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:49 pm

Thanks for the positive comments, yes those are photos of my actual bodies, painted by JA Designs here in my home city. I’ve found the Turbo body a little small, and fitting it was a bit of an issue. I’ll get the pics of them mounted up posted later today, rest assured, I’m more than happy with how these 2 original cars have turned out

Post by **mtbkym01** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:16 am

Don’t mind my gratuitous multiple angle pics, I’m just really excited how these cars look, sitting on their pedestals alongside my Turbo Mid SE, is really satisfying

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