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A action shot of my mid at a vintage meet at Sydney.

I bought this back in 87 new. Raced it in the state titles back than and came 2nd in Mod.
After that i gave up r/c for 10yrs and gave it to my best mate who ran a dairy farm. He ran it in the dairy yard with cow s$%t everywhere. He was more than happy to return it back to me complete with cow poo.

A full rebuild later and new electrics a 10t mod motor i raced it again some 20yrs later. I won it's first heat. Brought tears to my eyes.

Cow poo is an excellent rust inhibitor

cool story - congrats on the win

Paul

you havent had that at boondal have you mark? i remember the story though, good job buddy.

classy paint job!

Thanks Guys.

Yes GJW i haven't bought this too Boondal. The track is a little too rough for the insane speed this goes at.

It really is my jewel of my collection. Along with a new MID Custom that my Dad gave me before he passed away.

Mr Ed don't you like my cheese black/yellow theme?????

No, I was serious, I really like it. JPS theme and marui shogun style have allways been among my favourites

Oh Ok thanks . It did look so much better when the lexan was new over 20yrs ago.

Have been thinking of a new body but this true to it's race war paint in the 80's.

Cheers.

fortunately there's yellow rims, otherwise you'd have made a few good friends at the track with that black body

I love SWB mids... there's something about them that makes them absolutely loveable. Last of the old-school SWB, metal-chassi'ed 4wd's. They're awesome!

Paul

nioce action shot loving the mid air with shaddow effect.

the story behind the action combined with this shot caught my attention = lovely

Awesome story-I bought my Optima Mid in '87 also. Way to go, by the way; I'm glad to see you're running it instead of shelving it. What wheels and tires are those, by the way? They look great. Also, since you're running a 10T did you do anything to strengthen the car's drivetrain?

Where are thoes rims from? They really set the look.

Sorry Mark not accurate....you had alloy rims back at that the 87 WA State Titles . You also need your specially modified Technigold

uzzi wrote:Sorry Mark not accurate....you had alloy rims back at that the 87 WA State Titles . You also need your specially modified Technigold

Wow who are you?????????

Thats amazing over 20 yrs ago.

I still remember the whole R&D i did step by step.

Sorry to say in the tiles i ran Turbo Optima wheels and tires lent to me as my tires weren't hooking up.
Was running a Twister 17x3 too. Explained why i dumped in the last leg of the final. Too heavy on the throttle finger while was in the lead by a 1/4 of lap ( Nervs)

My MID also had and still has a Brimod LWB chassis conversion with in a couple months of racing it.

You remember the Alloy wheels ( Who are you ???) Yes did run them but made it front heavy over jumps. Was trying to take steering away with narrow front tires.

Technigold.. Yes i still have the 2 of them that was sent interstate to be re wound ( a couple winds taken off) Re Zapped and re trued. Very secertly done. It was the best motor combo ever for racing Mod for 6 min on 1200mah cells. Don't know why i ditched that motor combo. Guess i was scared that S. Davis had more speed up his sleeve. Motor came from Mr Hodder.


No the drive line is very stout . Still original Brimod LWB belt. Just new belt pulleys.

Wheels in the pic are i think CML wheels for Tamiya. Off sets are great. Have a white set too..

P.S. I have the Finals recorded on Video 8. Must get it transfred to dvd some day.

Found this pic from back at one of the Ryde vintage meetings.