Yard sale Traxxas Emaxx budget build

I don't generally look at Traxxas stuff, because to me they look like brightly colored toys and go way to fast with very little character... but nontheless I have had a few over the years if they are on sale or in this case I get them at a yard sale. I bought 4 Rc cars last week for a total of $105 3 Traxxas and one mystery AE truck. I got the 3 Traxxas: Original 14.4v Emaxx, a newer brushed Bandit (not shown), and a Nitro Stampede for $100 at a charity sale, I could have paid much less but it was a charity sale so I offered $100 for the box of 3 without knowing the condition of them. Turned out the only thing I wanted was the emaxx and it ran great, the stock body/bumpers looked like crap but underneath was in great mechanical condition. The former owner had lowered it and messed up the shocks. I sold the Nitro Stampede for $110 and paid for the whole lot, I gave the Bandit to my nephew and sold the mystery AE truck for $20 (paid $5) and got a Novak Super Rooster out of it that worked. So I now have an Emaxx with apx -$30 invested so I bought a few upgrades on ebay from the guys who part out new trucks, a better 2.4ghz radio from a newer emaxx, some tmaxx 3.3 shocks and some Pro-line semi-scale bumpers, I had an old HPI body Bronco body, some Axial parts, and a roof rack in my parts piles already so for about $75 I have a nice emaxx basher truck with a much nicer look than it came with.