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:
One of the screws was stripped, bit of a pain getting the thread out but managed it in the end without damaging the chassis:
Old Kyosho servo:
Original bulkhead:
Rusty MIP arms, and chewed up rod ends:
Fasteners and bits all removed:
Steering:
All stripped down, cleaned and ready to start the rebuild:
Next post will start the build
so you may need to think about buying another complete XX (for the spares)......which is a bit of a pain but far cheaper in the long run. 
