06/05/13 - Bought the bulk of the parts today
06/06/13 - Ordered rubber sealed ball bearings (32 pcs, 1150) off ebay...almost bought the "car", but can't find the button for free shipping, so i added it to my wish list instead...besides, i said i wasn't gonna get it until i had my hands on the controller i bought...gotta find it...Tried to order it, wasn't working
06/07/13 - Order was cancelled
06/09/13 - Found my Futaba radio and receiver at honey creek
06/10/13 - Ordered the steering servo off ebay
06/10/13 - The 3mm o-rings came today
06/12/13 - The ball bearings came today
06/13/13 - Just ordered a "spare" subaru brat polycarbonate body with decals
06/15/13 - The spare body came today
06/15/13 - The servo came today
06/17/13 - Just "won" the car off ebay, $99.99 + $56 shipping! (Starting bid was $99, My max bid was $109.00, I was the lone bidder)
06/18/13 - Ordered Aluminum Front Upright Set (53523), from RC Planet ($35, ouch!)
06/18/13 - Just ordered gpm racing aluminum rear knuckle arm with collars from asiatees, since I can't seem to find the official tamiya hop up version (53380 TG10 Aluminum Rear Upright Set (1 Pair)(M03, M04, FF02, TL01, TL01B (not TL01LA), Wild Dagger, Mad Bison, Wild Willy 2, TB01) anywhere!
06/20/13 - Ordered aluminum servo stays, CVA Mini Shocks, Pin Type Wheel Adapters, and T-Car Hard Cup Diff(s) from various ebay vendors
06/24/13 - One order of shocks (and the Striker Thorp parts) came today
06/26/13 - Just ordered the quick release battery holder off ebay
06/26/13 - USPS attempted to deliver the package at 4:44 (they NEVER come that early!!!), apparently i hafta sign for it...so i scheduled to pick it up at the post office
06/27/13 - Picked up the car/package at the post office!
06/28/13 - The pin type wheel adapters, another set of shocks, aluminum servo stays and the T-Car Hard Cup Diff(s) came today
06/29/13 - Ballraced both gearboxes (and added more grease)...assembed the front and rear ends
07/05/13 - Got the receiver from honey creek, charged up the battery and proceeded with servo setup
07/06/13 - Finished the assembly this morning
07/07/13 - "won" the receiver off ebay...Trimmed and cut the body, need to finish sand the rough edges....ordered a body hole reamer from ebay? switched the quick release battery holder, had it backwards!
07/08/13 - Just ordered the silver paint from sheldon's hobbies, the black paint from trainz.com, and the candy red, body mount cushions, snap pins, and white wheels from tower
07/10/13 - The receiver came today
07/11/13 - The wheels, candy red spray paint, body pins, body cushions and black paint came today
07/12/13 - The reamer came today...reamed the holes...went to far on the PS side front one...i'll sand it out round....silver paint also came today
07/23/13 - "cleaned up" the body mount hole i messed up with 400-grit..can't tell that much a difference, but figured i'd best leave it alone before going to far, that's what replacement bodies are for!