LOSI XXXNT PROTOTYPE TEST/MULE TRUCKS

[hugger19]

i bought these from bearrickster. he got these truck from rich trujillo he works at team losi and has been for the past 20 years. these were test/prototype team drivers trucks. drivers might have been "matt francis" & "adam drake." their were a total of 8 made, which were custom made inhouse at losi. rich trujillo took these out of the dumpster and saved them after testing. these are the only 3 left. u can see the different mill work and the difference in the holes in the chassis. one chassis has the #8 engraved which on the bottom side also has a z engraved. not sure the differences are from the stock production trucks. i bought 2 xxxnt trucks off ebay to put these in roller form than i will be able to see the differences. here is a email i got from rich after i asked him about the history on these trucks:

To be honest, I simply don't remember. I gave them to Rick knowing he was pretty hardcore Losi. I saved them from the dumpster but after being with losi going on 20 years next month, I've seen and been part of lots of projectors but it's all a blur. I'll talk to adam drake and see if he recalls anything.

Sorry I don't have more to offer ,
Rich

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on chassis #8 i also found it says #8 on the trans. the other trans i have has a #6 on it.

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u can see how the chassis braces are slighty different as they were refind. also the prototypes had a 2 peice chassis brace as the production ones were a solid 1 peice design as show in the pic.

[Jirka]

Losi's prototype parts are the most interesting things to me in whole "rc world" to me. You have really nice collection there.

Jirka

[hugger19]

thanks this is going to be a on going post.

[bearrickster]

I am glad you like them they have just been in a box for the last few years I had them. they are something that needs to be seen

[hugger19]

ya still going to post a bunch of pics plus going to put em in roller form soon.

[bearrickster]

Looking foward to that

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here are the doner trucks. they are like new and pretty much got one for free for the price i paid !

[hugger19]

well looks like the prototype truck and the production truck are 95% different. i took pics and will post later. need to do some work just to get the stock parts to fit the prototype chassis

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