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 Scarab
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:17 PM |
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sorry you see it that way....but there are two sides to every story....
I wasnt trying to offend anyone, and certainly dont appreciate being called a moron for trying to take on both sides of this story.
so sad that it comes down to name calling....aren't I entitled to an opinion like everyone else?
Paul
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:20 PM |
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2.0slow 92 MK2
Made in Germany, Assembled in Africa, 'Migrated' to Australia
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:20 PM |
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How much did the buyer pay for this vehicle ?
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Scarab
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:24 PM |
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very mature vw mad....I actually stopped name calling etc. in primary school.....you might too when you finally graduate.
I totally agree with Johnharte that there are vehicles out there that maim and could kill....surely that is all the more reason to make an
inspection....isnt it?? I do know the seller, and have had nothing but good dealings with him. I do feel sorry for the purchaser....but as was said
earlier "buyer beware"....but obviously no-one feels that there is any responsibility to be placed on the purchaser at all.....
Paul
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:27 PM |
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ok settle down all otherwise the thread disappears.
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:31 PM |
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Paul,
How much was the van sold for?
I really think your missing the point here - The van was sold as restored... The pictures show some shocking attempts at welding which could have had
deire consequences on someone...
If it was NOT sold as restored - and as 'Sold as Seen' which is what usually happens with cars at the lower end of scale you could have a valid
point..
John
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Scarab
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:33 PM |
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Fair point.
I dont know anything about what it was sold for etc. but assume it was a fair bundle of cash.
Paul
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:42 PM |
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so why was a restorer buying an advertised 'restored' vehicle ?
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:52 PM |
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Why does a bear shit in the woods ?????
69 Beetle
66 Beetle
56 Beetle
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:55 PM |
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because it needed to go to the toilet, and that is where it usually goes 
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 09:58 PM |
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The pigeons were circling when that car got welded. .....
pitiful...... I wonder if this chap has club rego on his Type 3??? I wonder how compliant it is??
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Scarab
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 10:03 PM |
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hope you arent referring to my type 3!!!....because that has nothing at all to do with this discussion.
and for the record....I AM NOT THE SELLER!!!
As I have said earlier, I know NOTHING about this deal at all, and was only trying to view both sides of the story.
sorry for having an opinion
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 10:13 PM |
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Ah well.........at least its getting restored properly now 
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| posted on May 21st, 2010 at 10:17 PM |
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here, here! good to see another VW being looked after correctly!
Paul
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| posted on May 22nd, 2010 at 02:25 PM |
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I wonder how many other cars out there would look like this if we hit them with a sandblaster?
Dave
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| posted on May 22nd, 2010 at 06:26 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by dogo
I wonder how many other cars out there would look like this if we hit them with a sandblaster?
Dave
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This is so true it's not funny.
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| posted on May 22nd, 2010 at 07:12 PM |
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The blokes a jerk, there's no doubt about it.
But, this all goes back to the golden rule of buying a used VW.
NEVER BUY A CAR UNSEEN.
Hate to see a good bloke go down like this, but I hope we've all learnt a valuble lesson.
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| posted on May 23rd, 2010 at 06:54 PM |
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Hey Wal, thanks for posting this thread as you may and i say MAY save someones life
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| posted on May 23rd, 2010 at 07:00 PM |
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Don't worry guys, Karma is a bitch, bites back 3 times harder!
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| posted on May 23rd, 2010 at 07:06 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by SPRINTSTAR
Don't worry guys, Karma is a bitch, bites back 3 times harder!
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Can only hope so!!
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| posted on May 24th, 2010 at 02:06 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by matberry
| Quote: | Originally
posted by dogo
I wonder how many other cars out there would look like this if we hit them with a sandblaster?
Dave
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This is so true it's not funny.
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Some of the things I've pulled out of Kombi's that I've wrecked over the years would make your hair stand on end... newspaper, sandpaper, chewing
gum, timber offcuts, chickenwire.... and the list goes on! One bay I bought for peanuts had a slab of bog that I rippped out of the right hand side
that was over an inch thick and about 5 inches high, and almost 2ft long... and there was no metal at all on the other side of it... I could see
through into the cargo floor, above and below!!! Scary part is that this
one had been registered 3 years prior... but there was about 10 years worth of rot and a metric assload of bog in the windscreen pillars, and the
welds at the front of the Y-members were both rustedright off...
ANother one had the rotting remains of a plank of wood secured to the remaining metal above the sills with chook wire and had it bogged over... I came
across it after I pulled out the cabinetry....
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
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| posted on May 24th, 2010 at 08:56 AM |
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Pfft.....bog ONLY an inch thick???
I've seen "restored" Karmann Ghias with more than that, both in the sides AND on the nose (so to speak lol).
Also an early beetle comes to mind that I repaired in the 80's that had lead wiped repairs in the A pillar, 'great' I hear you say.... but there
was so much heat used putting in the lead that the pillar was totally gone from the rust that developed under the lead.....
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| posted on May 24th, 2010 at 10:32 AM |
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some people have no shame
Believe me they're out there
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Wannavee
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| posted on May 24th, 2010 at 05:40 PM |
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Holy crap! man thats some bog work.
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| posted on May 25th, 2010 at 03:03 AM |
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Hooooooly dickcheese!... I hope he wasn't running the standard 1100 in that barney... not a chance of taking a hill with all the bog weighing it
down! 
Cripes, ya gotta wonder how much extra these clowns actually spend on bog to fill this crap up vs what it'd cost to do it properly... not to mention
labor involved in bodging it. I imagng as far as materials goes it'd be much the same either way.
Hell, I know I find it a shitload easier to just cut a rusty old chunk of metal out and cut out a new bit to weld in than tryibg to fartass around
with bog... a lot less messy too, and the satisfaction of a job done right.
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
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