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jbegood2000 |
Aug 20 2005, 10:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 25-April 05 From: Stockton, CA Member No.: 3,984 |
I know I'm probably not the first dummy to get a bad car so I was hoping you guys can tell me what to do with this. I bought "73" earlier this year, tuned it up and it ran like crap....so I took it to a shop and after $1,000 in parts and $850 in labor the car runs like new....so no problem there
I took the car home after being in the shop for two months and popped the front open and the VIN numbers have been filed off the car. I made the mistake of buying the car first and getting educated later now I find out my '73 has '70 or '71 interior (even the dash is a '70 0r '71) so I'm thinking maybe my car is a hack job with somebody making two cars out of one somewhere down the line. I'm thinking now that car is probably worthless and can't even be scrapped because the VIN numbers on the fenderwell are gone..the numbers on the headlight housing and the windshield state is a '73 but the evidence points that the car obviously is not. My guess is that I may have to take all the new parts off and put them on my '72 and sue the guy who sold it to me in small claims for the difference (labor and purchase price for the car) as what was supposed to a valuable year model has been misrepresnted whether intentional or not. Have any of you guys ever had to go through this and maybe can give me some advice on what to do/not do ? Thanks, Larry |
Joe Bob |
Aug 20 2005, 01:01 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Clip jobs are very common on 356s. AFIK there is no mechanism to alert the DMV of the add on. The habit continued on in the 914 models. It's not required to disclose such a repair but it would be honest....however once a car has changed hands a few times the fact may be lost to the ages....
Doesn't mean it's stolen........... |
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