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dixoncj
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Location: Charleston, SC
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 Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:12 am Post subject: It's back! That green European EV Full Westy - with a new VIN |
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It's back!
For the low, low price of 45K.
Check the video on the classified ad for Sunset Classics. Looks like they somehow got a Minnesota VIN assigned to the van. Looking at the dash, steering wheel and front end; that is at least a post 2000 Eurovan. The camper brochure is dated 2008. They even post up the Carfax which clearly goes to a 91 Vanagon's VIN - and shows 26K miles, (despite the seller's claim of 16K) and notes a color change to Green in June, 2016. Wonder what would happen if I asked my insurance company or the South Carolina DMV to plug in that Minnesota VIN to cover it.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2122138
http://www.sunsetclassics.com/vw-eurovan-westfalia-camper/
Here's the thread where it was discussed back in 2016.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=644675&start=20
Fascinating. Bo Diddley knows. But that van probably would be quite legal in Gstaad.
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wildenbeast
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:24 am Post subject: Re: It's back! That green European EV Full Westy - with a new VIN |
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That is one nice looking van, but I'm not a gambler, and that is one big gamble to purchase this van and then either be denied registration/insurance or even have it confiscated for being illegally imported.
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Stripped66
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Location: Charleston, SC
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:30 am Post subject: Re: It's back! That green European EV Full Westy - with a new VIN |
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Considering the other vehicles this person has for sale, I wouldn't consider such a person to be ignorant of details concerning a vehicle's history and provenance.
The seller has to be aware that this is a 2000+ MY vehicle, and that federal laws were broken to wash that VIN.
Then again...
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=449938
...maybe he really is that stupid.
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dixoncj
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: It's back! That green European EV Full Westy - with a new VIN |
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| Stripped66 wrote: |
Considering the other vehicles this person has for sale, I wouldn't consider such a person to be ignorant of details concerning a vehicle's history and provenance.
The seller has to be aware that this is a 2000+ MY vehicle, and that federal laws were broken to wash that VIN.
Then again...
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=449938
...maybe he really is that stupid. |
Man, that's a wild thread.
I have a hard time imagining he doesn't know something's quite off with that van. Carfaxveat emptor. |
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