Like you said, who knows... perhaps the advertiser on The Samba didn't read the thing on condition... in the photos there is a clear hole on the passenger side, clear rot on the nose and rot on the driver side. You would think that if someone fixed the body work they would take new photos or at least say something in their write up? You know the old saying - a picture is worth a thousand words! At least the writing on our site and the pictures that I have available don't hide anything about this truck that I have for sale. Mine is far from perfect and a body man special - not hiding that fact at all. I grew up in Nova Scotia (same province this truck in question is advertised) and there is clearly a difference in mentality between east coast, west coast and California rust. Visible rust and holes is clearly on anyone's coast, rust. Cheers! David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160 - Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions - Vanagon, Transporter and Iltis Sales and Importation - European Lighting for most Volkswagen models
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-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of BenT Syncro Sent: September 25, 2005 7:09 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: '86 Doublecab on samba
On 9/25/05, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: > Ben, > You must be drinking too much beer tonight... the one on The Samba has a > tonne of rust and rust holes too - click on the "big pictures" and you can > clearly see that! Yea the bumpers on mine arn't stock, but if it is a deal > maker, I can certainly get "real" vanagon bumpers for it. > Eh? I only drink beer marked diet cola w/o alcohol. He lists condition as #3 on TheSamba's scale. That scale (no pun intende) says: "3 - Good - Presentable inside and out with some signs of wear. Not detailed but very clean. Body should be straight and solid with no apparent rust and absolutely no rust-through anywhere. Shiny, attractive paint but may have evidence of minor fading or checking or other imperfections. Runs and drives well. May need some minor mechanical or cosmetic work but is fully usable and enjoyable as is. " Sentence number 3 says "...no apparent rust and absolutely no rust through anywhere..." I did not bother looking at the pictures as I was not that interested. Who knows, maybe he fixed the holes before selling. Or maybe the work "rust" has a different meaning in his part of the world.
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