e175: I Finally Got My Hands On One! My First Vintage LOSI RC... The Losi JRX-PRO Buggy 

JrXPro was my first race kit I bought when I was a kid. I wanted an RC10 Team Car but Tower Hobbies was out of stock so they talked me into buying a JrXPro. I was happy they did and I never looked back. I didnt get my first RC10 until last spring. I bought a few off of Ebay recently. Restored one for the shelf and one for the track. I put my surplus parts and a whole JrXPro with vintage electronics back on Ebay right now.

That is the original bell cranks from the JRX-PRO conversion kit

Sweet buggy, I have a XXX with all of the kinwald hop ups, I love Losi stuff.

This was my favorite rc back in the day and then when the XX came out

I had a Losi Junior 2 in the early 90's and sold it a few years later like an idiot! It's amazing how good all Losi products handle no matter what you do to them, I raced mine on a concrete course with jumps and finished 2nd the very first time I raced! Amazing buggy, surprised I hadn't bought another Losi buggy yet!

The gear and motor cover is pretty cool

I have a jrx2 that’s never hit the track and is 99% box art. You’ll love diving into these.

Nice looking bit of Kit 😎👌🏻

Nice addition to your collection. Totally agree with you on boxart design, it looks awesome but that brown/copper/white looks cool too.

Nice, losi is the best in the business.

That was a really good deal

The gear over looks like it's for the hydradrive conversion. Nice car.

That SCR battery pack looks brand new. Don't see that too often.

That actually looks like a JRX2 with the pro conversion

I had to comment again when you said you've never played with the gearing. I mean! that's hardcore OEM style! respect

"I love the way it looks" 😘🚜 Superrrrr!

Very cool buggy! Thanks for the details on losi history too. Didn't know any of that. I have a sneaking suspicion that this buggy will perform very well. Looking forward to seeing it run!

I just found your channel a few days ago. I'm digging everything you're doing, subbed! The red steering parts look like RPM. I think Losi came up with the 5 link to show (1) there's other ways to make it work and (2) we didn't just copy the RC10. The Trinity motor (if it doesn't have adjustable timing) is 27 turn for stock class. Anything less was considered to be modified class. The guy you got this from was a hard-core racer on a budget! I never had one of these but I raced against them with my RC10.

absolute boss O nova! mechanical speed control action would be pretty cool. Some rc enthusiasts don't even know that was a thing.

Can't believe I had all of these and the rc 10! Can't even tell you where they ended up

What a find and deal!

Jrx Pro used the longer jrxT chassis which has the hole in it for the steering servo. That looks like the conversion chassis as you have the 5 link stand offs still attached to it. Steering looks like original jrx2 arms. The gear cover is designed to use with lose hydra-drive. My guess on the xxx shocks are because original shocks leaked and the the collars would crack.

had a Jr-T myself back in the day, so did a friend of mine. he converted his to a LXT later on.

Love the video & I love vintage Losi's too! - head over to the RC10Talk forum for some great info & build threads on these old buggies! - The Performance upgrade kit came out before the JRX-Pro - both the supplied chassis included in the upgrade kit & early JRX-Ts too did not come with the servo saver slot. But the 'hot' red steering levers are correct for the JRX-Pro - as is the aerial tube mount, if this was a converted JRX2 I would have expected these items to be black - also for the motor plate to say 'JRX2' on it. Aside from the chassis plate it all looks like this started out in life as a JRX-Pro (rather than a converted JRX2) so the no-slot chassis is a bit of a mystery. P.S; I love that shell/paint scheme - I wonder where you get the metallic bronze paint suitable for Lexan?

Man....that is SUPER clean. Bit jealous brother. I am re-falling in love with Losi again as I pick them up. Great job as usual.

Epic content and great to see another manufacturer on the show.

I never knew that about the starting off from Losi, very interesting to hear! Thats a nice looking buggy too.

Love your vids! Old school Losis were just awesome. So easy to drive. They had really great shocks for the time, due to that large diameter shock body and smooth cartridge. Also, that transmission was a weapon against early rc10s. When the stealth came in, it was a literal WAR on the tracks. I loved those times of rc. Thank you for keeping old school alive and for running on LOOSE LOAMY DIRT, the way the good Lord intended. The carpet and clay track domination of today's "offload" is so so lame!

Original shocks were not teflon coated. The pro came with graphite plate frame. (Original owner, raced it)

The rabbit hole of old losi's is a vicious one I have 2 jrxt's, 2 jrx2's, 1 xx, 2 xxt's, 2 xxx buggy's, 2 xxxt's

Nice one man, I still have mine. Quite rare cars these days but they were very popular on the track back in the day. Even more so than the RC10 for a short time. I don't know if you have one but something I don't have and always wished I had was the Traxxas TRX-1

Nice video, thanks, lat 80s early 90s best time of my life racing rc. I had a jrx2 I remember when this came out, great car I think the only thing it was lacking to was the 3 gear transmission like the rc 10 stalth and Traxxas trx1 had at the time. Lot of props should go to mr MIP who I believe is the inventor of the.transmission

Nice score!

The only Losi cars I have left, are 3 XXX buggies, My kids raced 2 of them years ago and the 3rd was a parts car. I also have a Losi Aftershock Pro. When I was racing the Gold Pans, my dad had a Losi buggy that was smoother than the gold pan but it had durability issues.

I don't have any losi cars and never had one 20-30 years ago.. I might just have to get one too.

Looks like a nice clean car. The RPM front arms will likely be the only set you ever need on it very durable, you may want to stock up on knuckles and uprights however and maybe front bulkheads. That front bulkhead appears to have been used on a molded chassis at one point as there is threads cut in the upper holes where someone likely had the chassis brace mounted. Steering bellcranks should be stock I couldn't tell if they had bearings but if they do they are still Losi just aftermarket. Chassis is a pre-jrxt chassis, the cutout that you don't have was for the larger heavy duty servo saver needed when they went to a ridged bellcrank without the built in servo saver. You still have 5 link mounts on the side so could 5 link it if you wanted heh. The "Team Losi performance" is a later motor plate . As others have said a Losi Hydradrive gear cover with an interesting slipper setup that is aftermarket. A Losi slipper for the LRM would require disassembly to remove the spur and not a 2 screw removal like the stealth. That battery retainer? It's been used, you can tell when the top arm is bent slightly into an upside down U, there never really is enough space in them. The oldest pieces of that are probably the 5 link side bulkheads :)

Sweet score Ari!! The memories man my first Losi was a Pro wish I never got rid of it.. I got to get another one for the collection...lol

Sweet ride. Looks like it was a converted jrx2, the pro (at least my pro) didn’t come with the 5 link parts that you have for the side body mounts. Body was just mounted with the front and rear shock tower pin holes. Looks like you got a Robinson racing spur gear adapter, should let you use standard spurs I stead of having to find old Losi Spurs. I remember my pro having a jrx2 engraved motor mount, the team losi performance ones came out later. Steering rack looks accurate, the A&L ones were green. I’m pretty sure the JRX pro and the JRX T used the same chassis. They both had the cutout slots for the servo saver and had the same front end kick up, the JRX2 had a 25 degree kick while the pro and T had a 30 degree kick. I had those pure tech straps on all my cars, was a must have

I started with the JRX2 upgraded to the PRO and ended with the Pro-Se, I wish I never sold them off. my final vintage era Losi product was my XXT-Cr (still own that) It was a kinda good by present to myself the last kit I purchased while working at my first job at my local hobby shop. Looks like the original steering setup for the PRO That a later Hydradrive gear cover from a Pro-Se that would have been used with the 3 gear trans

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Very nice Car and great video. I love all the original boxes. The steering is original Losi but it may be the upgraded one as it has bearings. My Original JRX2 does not have bearings in the steering but it is the same color and design. Nice piece of History you have there, you will love it on the track..

Very nice indeed! Great to have a Losi instead of a Schumacher 😉 I'm trying to find AE RC10 B2 but they are under the rock 🙄

Called it

Pretty great looking, maybe you can plastidip the rims on the outside ? Also motor i think is a 27 turn with a 24 degree timing put onto it, as with all vintage motors brushes might need replacement.

The motor has a fixed endbell, so it's a 27 turn stock motor. The steering is a Team Losi ball bearing upgrade. i like those wheels, I'd be curious to know what they are.

That is the original steering. Those turnbuckles are Lunsford titanium. All those holes drilled in the chassis unfortunately kill the value of that buggy.

Awesome snag. Always wanted the Jr. X2. Always dug the trailing arm set up. I have a XXCR I run once in a while. Never new the story about Associated - now I know why I have always disliked them for ever. Going over to watch the 40th anniversary now.

Been a fan of LOSI only recently, when I didnt have any LOSI cars, now I have 4. Great looking cars, and many many parts / upgrades. Shame that most of these parts are mostly in US and cost a packet to get Down Under....

Vintagelosi.com has a great tineline. Just sold a jrx2 t and pro . And box of parts ( 20lb bix)

Love it, can't go wrong with the vintage losi's. My Jrx Pro is an upgrade using a proformance kit and it doesn't have that hole in the chassis for the servo saver, so it's a good guess that it was a jrx2 originally then updated with the proformance kit. The guy's aren't going to know what hit them once that hits the track. 👍

Those rear hubs may be aftermarket. I have a car that has been converted and the rear hubs were still from the original 5link. Not sure if new hubs came in the performance kit. Awesome car tho

Ari, check out Chuck his channel is Vintage R/C Tour. He is "The" vintage Losi Guru, you'll be blown away by his collection. He's happy to answer any questions you might have and he'll also sell you parts if you need them, he has tons of NIP parts. Nice video you got your money's worth on that one

It's a 14 turn 44,000 rpm motor Ari.

Love it, and all the Novak stuff. I love Novak and Trinity. Just a hint, you need to lower your mic. You are breaking the sound.

Have you thought about comparing the Losi JRX-Pro to the Losi XXX-CR BL2?

I have 3 jrx pro’s. One is my original from the early 90’s it’s my runner. The other 2 are SQ’s. As for the steering if it has bearings it’s probably an upgraded part. As for the chassis it’s a jrx2 you can tell cause the jrx2 is wider than the jrx pro chassis. And as you pointed out no servo hole. Also it has “ Losi team performance “ on the motor plate. Later on they switched that to say “jrx2”. The gear cover could be a remake for the jrx pro se because it had the hydra drive an needed the large bump out for the shaft. Wish I was able post pics. Try looking at the below link. There may some useful info. www.vintagelosi.com/Main.html

If the motor says "stock" any where it is a 27 turn motor.

Yah TLR

I thought it was hard trying to bounce flying in RC car driving now I'm trying to manage trains too lol too many opinions

Do you want to switch to the non threaded shock bodies?

I hope the stadium truck is a losi xx-t

I think you guys should restore Nikkos and race them and modify them.

I had a Magnum spot futaba.

Comment down below I would think the five link would have handle better.

Are you going to race it this year?

Those monster hp motors are 25 turn I believe.

They should rerelease it.

He said I want to see you guys start racing with lipos.

those cars are from 'my day' of racing in the early 90's.. if you got all that for 3 they gave it to you i wouldnt sell my restored xxt for less than 2k at this point .. from what i see its all 'era correct', in very good shape and irreplaceable ... if you 'run' that, change and paint things and beat it up your an effin moron ... just sayin ... those shocks are losi perfomance and the car is set up as it wouldve been raced mid 90's ..

Keep that body ur new body idea is horrible

I stayed away from Losi, brittle plastic and expensive.