My new baby! Auction of fake 23-Window Bus

[JonnyCJ]

Do keep us updated if there’s any news

[Meyer]

A friend at work mentioned this post to me.

... well this brings back a lot of old memories.



EDIT - really great forensic work by everybody, BTW.

[Malokin Martin]

Im guessing the attorneys he hired have informed him that posting here in a public forum wasn’t helping.

[AS350driver]

[Busted-bolt]

Wow just read the whole thread ,and am glad to see real progress in bringing justice to the dishonest ones who just want to cash in on by selling an inferior and deceptive product. Best wishes in you're quest for getting you're money back and buying a REAL bus you CAN be proud to own and enjoy!!
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[BUCIOBATISTI]

Mecum obviously has no intention of stopping their game of auctioning off third world cobbled garbage as legitimate "23 Windows".

I can't determine if this started as a Brazilian 15 Window, is a Yumio's/Into The Wild/Indonesian half-handmade Frankenstein, or if it might have been built from a late Brazilian Bay/Corner Window abortion...

https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0518-326977/1959-volkswagen-23-window-bus/
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[nestbedding]

Yes, on the not helping by posting theory. No big settlement, still in process. Will not leave you guys hanging, once there is an outcome I will report it.

[Skim]

[BUCIOBATISTI]

[BUCIOBATISTI]

Here Joe, add this to your arsenal of evidence of Mecum's behavior.

Anybody with 2 eyes in their head and a first grade level of ability to look closely at details of old VW Buses can see the STRONG LIKELIHOOD that this most recent fraudulent auction Bus came from the Yumo's Fake Bus Factory in Indonesia.

EDIT, you can actually see the very same fake Turkis "1959 23 Window" from the recent Mecum auction in this Yumo's Instagram gallery at the link below...

https://www.instagram.com/yumosvw/?hl=en
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[PeteSC]

Yep, this one. You can tell by the shape of the lower “v” on the nose and same poor trim fit that doesn’t follow the contour, same interior, steering wheel, same lack of heat tube, etc, etc. There is NOTHING 1959 about that Mecum bus, literally.

https://instagram.com/p/BRh-KJClSGo/

https://instagram.com/p/BRkaofAFpwR/

https://instagram.com/p/BRh-37pFGj9/

https://instagram.com/p/BRjy6P7FviG/

[BUCIOBATISTI]

Time to get ahold of the buyer of that latest fake 23, have your lawyer speak to them, share all of this information, and get yourself a nice little class action together against Mecum and anyone else trying to pass that turd off as anything legitimate.
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[BUCIOBATISTI]

My guess is that the buyer may have wanted to have a look at this other Yumo's fake 23 that they could have bought for over $120,000 less than what they just paid, not including their buyer's premium...

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2177979
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[ABQRoadRunner]

I read thru this entire post last night and with each new post I was more and more grateful to have found my OG faded patina bus.

While I think buyer beware is always the case, I’ve been to innumerable antique auctions and the houses I frequent are the ones I know who do basic due diligence on anything the know is highly collectible and often faked. I find it hard to believe a basic cursory review by the auction house wouldn’t have surfaced these issues. Shame on Mecums as well as the dealer for their actions.
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[ryans65]

Un-freaking real!!!!

[nestbedding]

Update:

Mecum filed for dismissal of the case; courts shot them down. Case will be heard here in California. Score one for the good guys. Helps to have the best attorney on the case.

[Alan Brase]

[nestbedding]

I think they should spend a bit of their money on a simple research team to do a search on each vehicle. Would save them a bit of money. Mecum tried to force us to sue them in Wisconsin even those the auction was in California. The Court didn’t agree. What blows me away is that all they had to do was simply unwind the deal, now they will be spending thousands in attorney bills in consumer-friendly California.

[AS350driver]

[Alan Brase]