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I came across this Optima Mid Custom recently on craigslist the seller got this when he was kid and used it a few times in his driveway but lost interest so it has been sitting in a closet ever since. The seller had it listed for 45.00 even though I would have gladly paid 5 or 6 times that the picker in me decided to barder with the seller so final price was 35.00. The condition is great though it will need new shocks do to leaking which I have plenty of this style it will also need new rear tires do to the seller installing hot shot tires from his brothers hot shot and using the optima rears on his brothers hot shot which was gone already the body would have been in great shape except for the crappy paint job the undertray doesn't show any use and the 2 new sets of front tires and original decals are a bonus. My plans for this is to grab a new body from marwan and do a box art paint job.

nioce score dude!! box n all . too sweet

Nice grab for sure. You know Scr8p is jealous as hell right now.

Nice score Murphy!

I love stories like this! Nice score!

Thanks guys

mrlexan wrote:Nice grab for sure. You know Scr8p is jealous as hell right now.

I am sure he isn't Kyosho's are to complicated for Scr8p

i'm only jealous of the fact that it won't be me pocketing the profit if/when it gets flipped .

scr8p wrote:i'm only jealous of the fact that it won't be me pocketing the profit if/when it gets flipped .

I was hoping that there was a chance, although as remote as me building an RC10, that maybe either a 4WD or Optima in the name would bring to you to the dark side.

Still waiting for the day that i could have a story to share just like this.

Nice and nice and very nice.

Crazy score, Chris!
I always looks through the ads on various supermarkets, online selling spots in .se, talking to friends of friends trying to make a score..
The closest I ever got was a Lazer ZX that I paid 40 bucks for, but then again;
That is lightyears away from this one!
Congratulations!

walfre wrote:Crazy score, Chris!
I always looks through the ads on various supermarkets, online selling spots in .se, talking to friends of friends trying to make a score..
The closest I ever got was a Lazer ZX that I paid 40 bucks for, but then again;
That is lightyears away from this one!
Congratulations!

I hear ya finds like this just dont happen the only Optima Mid Customs I have ever seen forsale have been built from parts and not complete but to find a true optima mid custom like this at a steel or not is a rare find.

WOW! Only in my dreams that I can score a deal like that.....CONGRATS!!!

Holy cow!

$10 Ultima Pros... $45 Optima Mid Customs!

What is this place?!?!?!

Thats one hell of a bargain, nice one