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[94BULLITT]

I'm guessing that won't be on the Carfax?

Reminds me of a 70 GTO we restored for its original owner who bought it off the showroom floor. When we stripped the paint we found a different color paint under the "factory" finish on the endura bumper and one fender. Owner denied ever having the car repaired.

Apparently it was wrecked sometime after leaving the assembly plant and was repaired with parts from a donor car, then sold as "new".

Yeah somebody will get their self a nice car there

The guy should have gone back to the dealer and complained about the GTO:laughing: I have seen some new vehicles that you can tell they have had some body work done to them.

 

[bcp]

"New" only means "not previously sold at retail." It doesn't mean anything about condition.

Bruce

 

[sixdogs]

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The guy should have gone back to the dealer and complained about the GTO:laughing: I have seen some new vehicles that you can tell they have had some body work done to them.

Back in the 1960's there was body work or paint touch up on many new vehicles. Probably today as well but that's a guess.

 

[94BULLITT]

Back in the 1960's there was body work or paint touch up on many new vehicles. Probably today as well but that's a guess.

I know a guy that used to do bodywork on new vehicles back in the day. I guess it was pretty common for them to come in with damage.

 

[94BULLITT]

Back in the 1960's there was body work or paint touch up on many new vehicles. Probably today as well but that's a guess.

I know a guy that used to do bodywork on new vehicles back in the day. I guess it was pretty common for them to come in with damage.

 

[California]

1981 - I bought a Chev Citation. I figured after 400,000 of them they had all the bugs out. Nope.

It was obviously repainted - thinly -over substantial bodywork on the rear quarter panel, clear up to above the hatchback opening. At $6,300 for a new car I figured I could live with that. But after a year I waxed it and this really brought out the areas where you could see through the thin, transparent topcoat to the gray primer. And it apparently had a real copy of what I thought was just an urban legend - a coke bottle rattling around somewhere inside that quarter panel.

Things went downhill from there. Mis-allignment that ate the tires, a broken clutch cable 50 miles from home, 5 different oil leaks, the camshaft wore out. But the clutch slipped so bad by then that it didn't need normal horsepower. I traded it in when it couldn't reach 60mph. All this before 45k miles!

Maybe their quality control got better. Maybe not. I don't care. I've never bought another Chevrolet.

 

[MossRoad]

Saw this a few days ago... bad picture, as I was driving and, well, you ain't supposed to take pictures while driving...

Anyhow, these guys had 7 tires on the roof held on with a clothesline, 8 tires in the trunk and several in the back seat. And they passed me several times between lights. I generally travel 5 over the speed limit, so they were going closer to 15 over the speed limit. YIKES!

 

[3930dave]

Saw this a few days ago... bad picture, as I was driving and, well, you ain't supposed to take pictures while driving...

Anyhow, these guys had 7 tires on the roof held on with a clothesline, 8 tires in the trunk and several in the back seat. And they passed me several times between lights. I generally travel 5 over the speed limit, so they were going closer to 15 over the speed limit. YIKES!

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Don't you get TIREd of seeing stuff like this on the road ?

Sorry.... couldn't resist.

I'd give 'em points for using clothesline - the wire stuff is pretty strong compared to some of the tinsel people use to tie things on with.

Hang stuff off a car, then speed around..... the same guys usually wonder why the police "pick" on them....

Rgds, D.

 

[avillahdw]

Caught this today, like previous poster not supposed to take pictures and drive. I hope this guy wasn't done securing his load.

 

[paulharvey]

Sorry no pictures; but military low boy hauling an M1A1 Abrams over the Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville Fl. It's a really tall bridge, on I-295; and he was making it up at about 35 mph. That's 62-68 tons plus truck and low boy.