I wanted to start a thread to document my XX CR Kinwald edition rebuild. I read that this is the forum with plenty of active vintage Losi peeps, so any advice/pointers and parts should I need anything would be appreciated!
I started out in RC when I was a teenager in 1994 with a first generation Losi XX. I never raced, just bashed around. In around 1997/8 I was in my local RC store and saw a used XX for sale. It was graphite and had a few trick parts, so I bought it as a roller for about £45. This became my main car, and I discovered it was a CR Kinwald edition. Time went on, and the XX found a box in the garage. Eventually I emigrated to another country in 2010, and passed the XX on to my younger step brother in law. I returned to the UK after 4 years, and after poking around in the in laws garage, I found the XX in a box, feeling a bit sorry for itself. Feeling nostalgic and remembering the good times I had with it, I thought: why not rebuild it?
So on to the XX CR Kinwald, here is how I found him:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/A8EE3FD7-01A3-424A-8450-B142D7C3D06A_zpsgkoy92ir.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/6CE887E6-1BFE-49A1-BB31-C38AC72BBEC6_zpsfododdmr.jpg)
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One of the screws was stripped, bit of a pain getting the thread out but managed it in the end without damaging the chassis:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/A19E2E8E-893B-49C5-8D81-23D40C208393_zps8lbvhswg.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/45F4586F-E563-4867-93F7-2FB308C22BE5_zpsrvuufhzi.jpg)
Old Kyosho servo:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/A1B103F7-C36F-4F74-B6EE-5D0A1C437226_zpsqpjqnkcv.jpg)
Original bulkhead:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/8E3302CB-326F-4E28-AA75-21BE07D1689B_zpscvlsrkyu.jpg)
Rusty MIP arms, and chewed up rod ends:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/0D5503C6-18E4-42A3-AB84-E37D7BD6AF70_zps2upkkdok.jpg)
Fasteners and bits all removed:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/7E33A299-FADE-4FB5-A3BD-58E8A3A85C06_zpsd68o0amt.jpg)
Steering:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/6CBE4B2E-8A2A-446B-A5C2-F352845199E4_zpsxrfka68q.jpg)
All stripped down, cleaned and ready to start the rebuild:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/S1MMA/RC/imagejpg1_zpsd915ec89.jpg)
Next post will start the build
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