Update 4

I could stare at this amazing machine all day! Even better will be when I have my own assembled and complete sitting in my garage. 

I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel with this donor car. I have the interior completely done. It's stripped down to just a shell.

I have all the wiring out and sitting in a big tote. 

And today I got all the rear drive train components out and laying on the ground. Still waiting to be disassembled though.

I also took of the exhaust and have it laying around.

In the factory the total time to make one of these cars is about 18 hours from start to finish. That includes paint and everything. I don't think I could beat that time taking it apart. Although, in all fairness I am being overly thorough, taking time to mark each connector and wire. Saving each set of bolts, nuts and screws and putting them in bags and labeling them. Having never assembled an 818 before I don't want to throw something out that I should have saved. 

Tonight I went an got an engine stand in preparation for the engine coming out. I should be all done up with the donor by next week. I'll then organize all the parts into totes and boxes and put them on the shelf for storage until I actually order the kit. It could be up to a year before I even order the kit. We will see. Until then, I'm keeping my eye on the prize.

Update 3

Today I got to the main part of the wiring today. I took out the rest of the interior items in the vehicle and stripped it down to almost nothing. Our cat hasn't stopped laying on the old carpet that I took out so I may save that. Otherwise everything went down to the trash. We have a community dumpster at the end of our street and the neighbors must think I'm running a chop shop because I've been throwing away obsolete car parts in the for days now.

Imagine that you boiled 40 pounds of spaghetti with each piece being 100 feet long. After the spaghetti is done cooking try to untangle it all. Keep in mind that if you get a piece wrong it could be the difference of the vehicle working or not. The engine starting or not. This still has been the best part of the project so far. I've gone through an entire roll of duct tape labeling connectors. I have no idea where all these computers and modules will be mounted on the 818 but all this wiring will go back into it. I'll post more pictures when I get it all out of the vehicle. Probably another day then I will be ready to do the heavy stuff. The engine, transmission, drive axles etc.