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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2015 9:39 pm    Post subject: My not so 53 split Reply with quote

I recently purchased this week without doing my home work and got took
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2015 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok? Post some pics and more of a story please.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 2:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pictures, or it didn't happen
So what did happen then?
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 4:41 pm    Post subject: my not so 53 split window Reply with quote

I bought what I thought was a 53 split window and after I bought he he gives me a title for a 54 which I thought was funny then got to looking and it's got the fiberglass rear split I got to looking at the chassis numbers and they come back to a 63 and it has the 62 to 67 dash in it as far as I can tell the whole car is a 63 with the fiberglass rear and it has the correct w deck lid and might have the correct rear fenders it has the correct tail lights for sure I tried to put the pics up and says their too large
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That would suck!

if you are on windows, look for "irfanview" it is free, and awesome for batch conversions of images, like for resizing.... that'll help getting your pictures uploaded in the future
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Very disappointing for you. I hope you will be able to get your money back if that is the direction you decide to go.

Otherwise I suppose you have custom car of some variety.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hope those plates don't mean you bought it from over seas.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

no sir I didn't I bought it from a 72 year old man he said he had it since the 80s
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, the tail lights look to be egg tail lights so are correct for a 1955 US version Oval window I think.

Fenders are wrong for a split but right for a early 60's.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What was it advertised as?
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another sad case of buyer beware. Maybe the seller didn't know what he had either. We had a gal in our club up here find out that the bug she bought from AZ wasn't what she thought it was. It was half of one year, half of another, after market brake & home made drop axle, etc.. She thought she bought an original stock bug. Two words "Buyer beware".
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think he knew exactly what he had and I think he done it I got the numbers off of the chassis and it come out to a 63 I had the police come out and had him run the chassis numbers and it come back to a 49 vw registered to the guy I bought it from and I know the chassis ain't a 49 he told me he never had the car registered or insured he told me he had it since the 80s and the cops told me the registration ran out in 2011
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I knew the motor wasn't correct for the car that he did tell me
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Parts on the car appear to be several different years. 1500 H block engine, 1967 rear bumper, Oval deck lid and US spec egg tail light from 1955. The doors and blinkers look like 1963 to match body/chassis numbers? Sounds like the seller may have a problem with false records on the car. In my state the DMV would say that is a no no.

Good luck with what you decide to do. Very Happy
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