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29-12-2006, 06:40 PM
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Dodgy ebay ad...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SERIES-1-R-S-T...QQcmdZViewItem
Just asked the owner of this for the reg for the database...got email back
"The reg is c446tpm (you have a picture of it scrapped). It was re-shelled
and now in excellent condition."
RINGER !!!
Buyer ID's private too, so can't even tell them...
Just asked the owner of this for the reg for the database...got email back
"The reg is c446tpm (you have a picture of it scrapped). It was re-shelled
and now in excellent condition."
RINGER !!!
Buyer ID's private too, so can't even tell them...
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29-12-2006, 07:02 PM
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if he had reshelled it there wouldn't be any rust, and you think if it had beenr esprayed 10 days ago they would of sorted out the paint work 
must be a member of here if they knew you had a picture of it?
must be a member of here if they knew you had a picture of it?
29-12-2006, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeyXR2i
Somebody should send him a pic of the one in the scrappy and say explain this Chump.
29-12-2006, 09:08 PM
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who's to say he didnt get it from the scrappy and restored it ??
30-12-2006, 05:44 PM
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Well I just asked him for the reg aswell and also what security it had fitted for the insurance purposes, just so it didnt look iffy and he come back with this
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"c644tpm only has a immobiliser fitted - nothing the insurance companies would be interested in though"
So what do you make of that? Someone's read the reg wrong somewhere!!
Just done a vehicle check, came back with this
Vehicle details could not be found
As it has not been possible to locate the vehicle details, your enquiry cannot proceed and has been cancelled.
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"c644tpm only has a immobiliser fitted - nothing the insurance companies would be interested in though"
So what do you make of that? Someone's read the reg wrong somewhere!!
Just done a vehicle check, came back with this
Vehicle details could not be found
As it has not been possible to locate the vehicle details, your enquiry cannot proceed and has been cancelled.
30-12-2006, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by coswurv
who's to say he didnt get it from the scrappy and restored it ??
"The reg is c446tpm (you have a picture of it scrapped). It was re-shelled and now in excellent condition."
Not restored...
macturbo: I think he's just replied to you with the numbers the wrong way and should have read 446: he said I had a pic of it in the scrapyard, so that to me is deffo 446.
30-12-2006, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by SaqsS2turbo
RINGERRR I STRIPED THAT CAR!!!
if you stripped it what happened to the shell ??
how has the seller got a log book for it ??
what counts as a reshell ??
im not hot on all this business any one want to explain the easy version
if i reshell my car i would still have the original shell but that doesnt make my new car a ringer does it ??
show do you do a real reshell properly on the paperwork side of it .
i understand a ringer is a stolen car that has a legal reg etc put on it ?
30-12-2006, 06:40 PM
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For all we know, it could be any MK3 shell, the one he has now, might have been a 1.3, 1.4, might have been a 3i shell which is now turned into the S1 in the advert, what he has done, is got another mk3 shell, and put the ID of the original trashed car, (the one on the top of the stack) onto the new shell.
30-12-2006, 06:43 PM
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He could have used a 1.3 shell (for example) with number plate A123BCD. Tranfered all of the S1 equipment over, interior/ exterior/ mechanics, etc then put the S1 number plate & VIN onto the 1.3.
Or, as said, he could have stolen a S1 already, then changed the VIN and number plates to match the scrapped car.
Read this page for info on re-shells and how cars keep their original number plates and how you go about registering it legally via DVLA:
http://direct.gov.uk/Motoring/Buying...246&chk=VsQ/Fs
If YOU reshell your car, you may still have the original shell, but you cannot legally transfer it's numbers across. That's a ringer.
Or, as said, he could have stolen a S1 already, then changed the VIN and number plates to match the scrapped car.
Read this page for info on re-shells and how cars keep their original number plates and how you go about registering it legally via DVLA:
http://direct.gov.uk/Motoring/Buying...246&chk=VsQ/Fs
If YOU reshell your car, you may still have the original shell, but you cannot legally transfer it's numbers across. That's a ringer.
30-12-2006, 06:48 PM
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SaqsS2turbo Perhaps you should visit the scrapyard and let the owner know about this ??
Unless he already knows..if you know what I mean??
Are the seller and scrapyard in same location?
Unless he already knows..if you know what I mean??
Are the seller and scrapyard in same location?
30-12-2006, 07:19 PM
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Somethings dodgy somewhere ??
But come on seriously out of all the restored s1 do you honestly beleive that theyve all kept the original shell ??
What im trying to say is a mk3 escort hardly the hardest shell to change its id considering many have had new floor panels inner/outer sills etc replaced sads to say realy
But come on seriously out of all the restored s1 do you honestly beleive that theyve all kept the original shell ??
What im trying to say is a mk3 escort hardly the hardest shell to change its id considering many have had new floor panels inner/outer sills etc replaced sads to say realy
30-12-2006, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Kop2381
Somethings dodgy somewhere ??
But come on seriously out of all the restored s1 do you honestly beleive that theyve all kept the original shell ??
What im trying to say is a mk3 escort hardly the hardest shell to change its id considering many have had new floor panels inner/outer sills etc replaced sads to say realy
But come on seriously out of all the restored s1 do you honestly beleive that theyve all kept the original shell ??
What im trying to say is a mk3 escort hardly the hardest shell to change its id considering many have had new floor panels inner/outer sills etc replaced sads to say realy