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Me and my Optimas

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Happened to see an ad on a swedish auction site a little while ago.
A woman in my home town were selling off a collection of Optimas.
From the pics it looked like 5 very nice shelf queens. One Optima, Two Turbo Optimas, One Javelin and one Pro.
In the end I was the highest bidder and came home with these:
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Optima: Very nice, near mint. Painted in box art. Repro body and tires. Slight scratches underneath. Needs to be stripped down and cleaned a bit.
Turbo Optima #1: Very nice, also near mint but not quite. Box art painted. Repro body. Slight scratches underneath. Also needs to be stripped down and cleaned a bit.
Turbo Optima #2: Perfect Mint! Very clean and not a scratch. Repro body and tires. Body unpainted.
Javelin: Very nice. Slight scratches underneath and in two places on the cage. Gold shocks. YSP kydex bumper
Optima Pro: Mint! Near box art painted repro body and undertray. Tamiya tires *shudders* ;) , Front and rear anti sway bars, Gold shocks.

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Very nice collection, pleased to meet another Optimaholic. Be careful, it's easy to over-indulge in your addiction.

Speaking to your forum name...who's gonna win the World Cup of Hockey? It's looking like Canada and Sweden might be meeting in the playoffs very soon!
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Nice Haul!
More PICTURES, for goodness sake 8)
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More pics are coming after the next weekend.
Getting help from a buddy who's a photographer to get some nice pics of the individual cars. :)

Coelacanth: I'm not much of a hockey fan but of course I'm hoping Sweden takes home the gold! ;)

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Lovely collection, great find.
In comparison, my recently acquired introduction to the Optima club is just a tidy vintage rolling chassis with re-re wheels and tyres, belt conversion, full bearings and bottom-load RC10 shocks.
Just looking to tidy and refurb into a usable runner. Great machines.
http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r522/MARTCO78/DSC06896.jpg
http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r522/MARTCO78/DSC06896.jpg

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Very nice score! I want to try an Optima... N+1?

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