What he had for sale
![Image](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/RC%20Car/100_0468.jpg)
What I received from rc10johnny.
![Image](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/RC%20Car/ds5.jpg)
My plans for the build is my inspiration from my weekend warrior car
![Image](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/desktopLogCabin.jpg)
and I happened to find one of these on Tower by HPI
![Image](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/RC%20Car/lhpic1525.jpg)
And so the build begins!
Once I had the car, I did a bunch of measurements as I could not get any solid numbers if a DS would fit a 200mm or 190mm body. Once I had the car I checked the measurements and appeared that the 200mm Subaru body would fit. John was nice enough to include a rebuilt Traxxas front end to accept modern wheel and tires.
I place an order at Tower for some rims, tires and other odds and ends and got to work. I am rebuilding the diff right now as not all the parts were included, but about 90% there. Just waiting for a couple washers for the diff to get it back together. The wheels are also a close match to what I have on my Subaru now.
![Image](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/RC%20Car/110610161138.jpg)
Test fitting the body. It isnt an exact fit, but is pretty close. I will be able to carve the wheel wells a little bigger to make it work. I need to work out some kind of spacer for the front end as well to get the wheels flush with the body. The rear wheels fit beautifully though.
![Image](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/RC%20Car/2010-11-06_16-10-24_723.jpg)
![Image](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/RC%20Car/2010-11-06_16-10-34_747.jpg)
And a photoshop of what it will look close to. I have some other ideas in mine to spruce it up a bit, but this is the basic idea.
![Image](http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/RC%20Car/DSSilvernolipwinglesscopy.jpg)
That is all I have for now. This build is going to be a slow one over the winter as I am no rush to get it done as it will be snowing here soon.