Date:         Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:24:51 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Ebay vin# switcharoo?
Comments: To: joel walker <uncajoel@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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At 06:04 PM 7/18/2008, joel walker wrote...
hmmm. interesting ... notice also that it has no outlets on the driver
>i kinda think maybe the 1987 bus was 'updated' with the 1980 dash and
>1980 camper top and interior.

Not a 1980, at all. It has plastic "D" pillar grills. '80-81 were
metal.
Back cabinets aren't woodgrain, as an '80 would be. Do the A/C frames
have the holes for the coolant hoses? Speedo is wrong (should max at 85
MPH, I think). Wrong front door panels (my '81 doesn't have the fabric
insert as shown)? Paint is completely wrong, but could have been redone
(hard to tell what it was originally - the underneath shots seem to
show it's undercoated?). Hubcaps aren't '80. The Westy options (P22 and
P27) for '80 both included water and electricity.

Everything points to an '87 which has had a 1980 VIN put on it. The VIN
is riveted to the dashboard, so if the seller has a title matching that
VIN, then my guess is it's a stolen vehicle with a junker dash put in
just to get a legal VIN.

The guy's 78 year old grandmother is apparently an auto thief.