annika

I went to look at a escos for sale on wednesday, and liked what i saw, seemed a really nice car,
So last night my husbund came to view the car with me,
It is a 1994 escos, at first he thought what a clean car, NO rust anywhere, 47k on the clock.... then he checked the VIN plate under the bonnet and noticed it had be taken off and put on again... so he went to check the Chasis number by the drivers seat and it was RUSTED, now there is not rust anywhere else on the car... so he looked underneath and has seen its been resealed... he flatted the chasis number down and it matched but its not straight... my husbund says he thinks its been heated up and re-stammped, and engine number has been re-stamped....

Also the slam panel has the date stamp 1995, but the car was registered 1994 and the wings are original...

So i assume the car has been re-id

Is it a stolen car???

JonnyBravo

That doesn't sound too promising

Got any pics of said vehicle ?

Rossco

Could well be a re-shell?

Shings

A lot of vin numbers are rusted anyway as they're not painted... I've seen plenty of rusted floor numbers in the past on all different cars.
If the Vin plates been off- maybe is it crash repaired or re painted? How does he knows its been off?

To be honest as with any car if you're not sure then dont buy it. So you've walked away- now go and look at some more which are good.

NO ONE on here will be able to tell you if its a ringer- just offer speculation.

Jake

The Youth.

iTrader: (1)

there is a layer of extra underseal "wiped" across the underside of the floor numbers on an esc cos.
you can see it in this pic



steve

fordrs2005

iTrader: (4)

it could well be legit

but whats was the reg of the car and where abouts was it so people know what its like just to save anybody else the wasted journey ?

as a wish a had been warned bout half the cars av been allover looking at afore i left

smitsturbo

i would have asked the owner loads of questions then if any of the answers sounded funny i would have walked

cos jon

If the slam panel has a 95 date on a 94 registered car then that points to something not being right.

Did the guy have any explanation for why it has this ??

DENNIS

as said, if you are not sure don't buy, it dose not look to be wright to me so i would walk away...

AJC

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the youth

i recognise that

CHRISNISS

Any doubts walk away, i bought a GTR which turned out to be a ringer and i lost 13.5k, and no one wants to help you believe me trading standards, police no one you'll be on your own. WALK

focusv8

Haven't seen under an Escos bonnet, but if the Vin plate is riveted to the slam panel maybe it's had a minor front crunch and someone has fited a 95 slam panel and refixed the valid Vin back on it.

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steviecossie

if your not sure about it then dnt buy it