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Thank you, coming from you that means a lot. Among all the fine builders/builds here, I consider you & yours to be "top shelf". As a matter of fact, it's your beautiful JRX-T build that inspired me to get a vintage truck of my own, as that was my first real race truck, and what started...

Thank you very much, I thought those were just too cool when I saw them. And while I'm thinking of it, thank you to all who have checked out (and hopefully enjoyed) this build. I've actually thought a bit about my fellow members here recently. I get the sense that perhaps some of the Vintage Losi pu...

One more thing that I've wanted to address is the fact that with the current battery retention method, it can only accommodate full sized battery packs. Shorty's will fit fine, but they have nothing to hold them in the back & keep them from falling out. I could have used the Vintage RC setup, bu...

It's been an interesting few months since my last post with this truck. I took it out to my local home track, Hot Rod Hobbies, for its first initial shakedown run within weeks of posting pictures of the (more or less) finished truck. That didn't go so well & certainly not as I envisioned, or wou...

Oh, and I almost forgot... MCI racing provided a custom colored decal sheet that I used to go with my choice of body colors. This also allowed me to keep the original sheet intact. I substituted the yellow accents for blue & the pink accents for gray.

And, of course, lastly the body. I wanted a slightly modified version of a Pro-SE scheme with different colors. The gray in the stripes & the bed accents came out a bit darker than I wanted, but live & learn. Just an excuse to get TBG body & try again later.

Just as I was thinking I was close to being finished, I came across some extra nice goodies that I had to have. Original Losi threaded shock bodies (XXT vintage, I believe), and some nice titanium nitride coated shock shafts. Found a really cool custom cut chassis protector in carbon fiber as well. ...

I found some miss-matched wheels in white that I mounted some modern rubber on, as well as some old HPI black Star 5 spoke wheels I used for my clay track tire setup. For radio gear I'm using a Futaba 3PV transmitter, and an R204GF-E antenna-less receiver. Also, had to change gearing to be a little ...

I started with some modern brushless electronics in the form of a Hobbywing Quicrun 10BL60 ESC and Hobbywing Fixed timing 17.5T brushless motor. I didn't want anything too overpowering for 30 year old components. Back in the day, I ran exclusively in the Modified Truck class, so I figured this would...

So a little background first... I started racing Losi trucks way back in the beginning, the late 80's, first JRX-T's, then LXT's. I continued until the mid 90's, when I got sick of having to buy the latest gadgets every few months just to stay competitive. After that I was out of racing and the RC h...

Very nicely done. I particularly like the Vintage RC carbon fiber parts - I used the same pieces on my track build LXT, minus the battery holder. Nice find on the wheels too, by the way. Get it painted up!

Here's my recently acquired, newly built, never run LXT. It's been built as a runner/racer for me to enjoy on my local tracks. Hopefully I'll find the time to post a build thread on it in the not too distant future. In the meantime, enjoy...

Thanks for the quick response. I just purchased a rear set in white for a new LXT build I'm doing, so was I hoping to find a matching pair for the front. No big deal though, I did get some original LXT front wheels in white (natural), so I'll just paint the wheel discs white and it should be close e...

Are the matching front wheels in white (#5165) still available, or are the gone? The website lists them as NLA - which I presume to mean "No Longer Available".

Congratulations on the strong podium finish. You've made a lot of progress with this truck. You are correct about the rear camber link - a long, low and level link (parallel to the arm) will provide a very low roll center & help lock in the rear on a smooth track. But for a loose/dusty surface l...