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NewSHOCK O-RINGS Kyosho VW Beetle Javelin Damper RC Team CRP 1529
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$4.25
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NewVintage Kyosho Optima,Javelin,Salute aluminum upgrade parts New
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$24.95
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NewVINTAGE KYOSHO OPTIMA/JAVELIN LIMITER GEAR SET OT-74
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NewVINTAGE KYOSHO OPTIMA/JAVELIN SHOCK STAY OT-57
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$8.75
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Newvintage KYOSHO SWINGSHAFT DOGBONES 92645 OT-6 ULTIMA OPTIMA JAVELIN NEW
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NewVINTAGE NEW FRONT DIFF KYOSHO OPTIMA JAVELIN
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NewOT-49 Radio Plate Support - Vintage Kyosho Optima Javelin Salute Turbo Optima
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Kyosho Javelin Side Guard Nerf Bar, Optima
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$25.00
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NewSD-79 Antenna - Kyosho Optima Mid Ultima Raider Rocky Lazer Raider Javelin Burns
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$7.95
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NewVintage Kyosho Javelin Stainless Steel Screw kit kyo012 NOS ships INTL
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$43.95
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Awakening!

Many moons have drifted across the horizon since the day this subject has seen the light of day. Had it not been for the ever increasing need for horizontal space, many more moons may have simply drifted by until one day this blast from the past would simply have found its way onto a table at the local flea market or neighborhood garage sale.

"What the heck are you talking about!" I hear crowing in the distance...

In a past life, many days were spent with a hobby so gripping that hardly anything else was important. It started out innocently enough... a small investment in a toy remote controlled car simply to pass the time. A pretty natural hobby choice for a technical tinkerer. Well, if I had only known all that followed for nearly a decade.

The RC car I choose was a KYOSHO JAVELIN. A 4WD 1/10th scale off-road racer. Little did I know that this model would one day become a very competitive race car.

Of course, the first thing one finds out about RC cars is that "upgrades" are available... which brings you into the hobby store... where you find out the "hobby" is also a competitive sport! Sport! ...you say? "Ha... another hooked" is what was going through the mind of the owner of RC Modeler NW, one of the ma and pop shops in Beaverton Oregon. Yep... that's how it started.

The purpose of this blog is not to reminisce about the good 'ol days. No, the purpose of this blog is to chronicle the rebuilding of one of the offspring spawned from the bags and boxes of parts that originated from what I affectionately refer to as "the pegboard catalog"... meaning the wall of replacement and upgrade parts at the hobby stores.

3rd party parts suppliers were not going to be outdone either. For every good race car, there are others that feel they can do better. Companies like Thorp, MRC, A&L Manufacturing, and many others help contribute to the fever of faster, further, and higher. Some great advancements made the...

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Kyosho's finest vintage race car: The 4-W/D Javelin outfitted with the best of Kyosho. Based on the Optima, the Javelin was the odd child ...