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notchboy
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Let's take a D/A sander to random parts of the bus and call it 'patina' |
That looks like such a fake - lame monkey attempt its not even funny. If you are going to spend the time and effort to fake it, at least try to do it right 
The person that did the sorry attempt paint job could of learned volumes of information from watching a couple of "paint your WW2 Model" on youtube.
What a bunch of idiots for what looks like an otherwise nice interiored bus - Brazilian or not.
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kirbyland
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| Buy it- Take it apart-Paint- reassemble |
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cdennisg
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| Buy it- Take it apart-Paint- reassemble |
Not for 65K Swiss whatever-they-use. Maybe 25K.
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j.pickens
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No bids over the $20k minimum starting point?
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Ran When Parked
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Are you sure? Ad states that he is going to Haiti for full time mission work. ???  |
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Malokin Martin
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The amount of VIN switching that happened back in the day is crazy. I wonder if this is across the board with cars...
I've now been close to buying 3 pretty cool optioned bus' that turned out to have bad numbers. |
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KombiMarc
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never bought a car on eBay, hows that work then? the "winner" just backs out? and no funds change hands? so the owner doesn't like the price he's getting, pads the bids to see if he gets "lucky"? would think eBay would catch on,don't they get a cut?
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Ran When Parked
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How'd you know? Do you do detective work here on The Samba?
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The amount of VIN switching that happened back in the day is crazy. I wonder if this is across the board with cars...
I've now been close to buying 3 pretty cool optioned bus' that turned out to have bad numbers. |
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Malokin Martin
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1 recent one was up front with the cut out switch during the inital Phonecall (early bus)
1 only told me once I drove miles to check it out and I looked in it (double door)
1 Guy I had the vin magically disappear between the deposit and the pick up (13 window) -THIS one was my first attempt at buying a split and was the best.
For what it's worth, the ones I've seen were not very clean in any way. I'm noexpert. I'm sure others have seen more than me. |
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EverettB 
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never bought a car on eBay, hows that work then? the "winner" just backs out? and no funds change hands? so the owner doesn't like the price he's getting, pads the bids to see if he gets "lucky"? would think eBay would catch on,don't they get a cut? |
Yes, sometimes the winner just never pays and never contacts the seller at all.
Sometimes the seller doesn't like where things are headed so he has his friends or uses another account to run it up.
eBay car auctions are a fixed fee so no percentage.
I don't know if eBay will catch on automatically, I don't think they have the personnel or technology to catch everything.
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olliehank47
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| Malokin Martin wrote: |
The amount of VIN switching that happened back in the day is crazy. I wonder if this is across the board with cars...
I've now been close to buying 3 pretty cool optioned bus' that turned out to have bad numbers. |
This recently listed one is another example: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1768657
From the ad: "Tennessee title in hand.
VIN plates and title says it's a 1960 Kombi Dove Blue Bus but it is a 1958."
Seller is upfront and honest, but it's still a bus with switched VINs. |
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pinballwiz
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| Malokin Martin wrote: |
The amount of VIN switching that happened back in the day is crazy. I wonder if this is across the board with cars...
I've now been close to buying 3 pretty cool optioned bus' that turned out to have bad numbers. |
This recently listed one is another example: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1768657
From the ad: "Tennessee title in hand.
VIN plates and title says it's a 1960 Kombi Dove Blue Bus but it is a 1958."
Seller is upfront and honest, but it's still a bus with switched VINs. |
Yes I wanted to be honest about it. I bought the bus from a guy who has a large VW yard. Some asshole stole the original plates while setting in his yard. They cut the VIN plates out of the bus. I was able to locate matching plates that were clear from a crushed 1960 Dove Blue Kombi. At least the color and model matched.
Lol I was hoping my bus would hit the good deal page and not this one. 
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Yes I wanted to be honest about it. I bought the bus from a guy who has a large VW yard. Some asshole stole the original plates while setting in his yard. They cut the VIN plates out of the bus. I was able to locate matching plates that were clear from a crushed 1960 Dove Blue Kombi. At least the color and model matched.
Lol I was hoping my bus would hit the good deal page and not this one. |
You are entering very murky water when you openly admit in a public forum of committing a FEDERAL crime as well as a boatload of state crimes by switching VIN's.
Your situation was unfortunate. Your intentions seem pure. Heck, everybody here will probably give you the benefit of the doubt that the car wasn't stolen.
Doesn't matter.
Most states have procedures in place to replace altered/missing VIN numbers..... Assuming you can provide EVIDENCE and DOCUMENTATION of why the numbers were altered and/or missing. Plus proof of actual ownership.
You should probably go that route in order to make the car "legit" again..... IMO |
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ezcamper
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More of a warning to potential buyers. Check this bus out in person!!!
It's ultra rough.... typical South American treatment.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1769057
It was hit really hard in the front. Check out the short dash.
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