Caveat Emptor...another repro body tag?

[william]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-Chevrolet-Camaro-SS-454/274616967136?hash=item3ff0725fe0:g:w-QAAOSwANhfiQM3

124379N634580

From the ad:

"This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS was born an X66 Super Sport..."
"The X66 code on the trim tag tells us this is an SS396 Camaro. And while this was born a big block machine..."

04D X66D80 tag. Two errors on the same tag makes this one easy.

[bertfam]

I'm not naming names, but why is it these bogus cars always seem to be offered by the same two or three dealers/consignors?!

Ed

[69Z28-RS]

I'm not sure of which two or three sellers you're referring to, but this one (Street Side Classics) is predominantly a 'consignment' shop... which allows the real 'owners' to hide behind the business, and perhaps prevents them from directly lying to a prospective buyer?   Are the other of the two or three predominant fake sellers also 'consignment shops'??

[bertfam]

Like I said, I'm not going to name names. However, a simple search will reveal lots of information.

It's also amazing how the descriptions of these cars has changed over the last few years. It used to be "This original numbers matching...". And now it's "We believe this to be a numbers matching..." or "It appears to us to be a numbers matching...", etc...

Hiding behind a consignor isn't anything new, but it's become an even more of a "DO YOUR HOMEWORK" world lately.

Ed

[z28z11]

Anyone notice the pop rivets securing the VIN plate (from the top) ? Dash has been changed, I don't think it's the proper dash VIN piercing, either. Scary -

Trim tag fits nice and flush, too -

Regards,
Steve

[Z282NV]

Like I said, I'm not going to name names. However, a simple search will reveal lots of information.

It's also amazing how the descriptions of these cars has changed over the last few years. It used to be "This original numbers matching...". And now it's "We believe this to be a numbers matching..." or "It appears to us to be a numbers matching...", etc...

Hiding behind a consignor isn't anything new, but it's become an even more of a "DO YOUR HOMEWORK" world lately.

Ed

I would have to imagine that there is a higher percentage of people who don't do their homework when buying such cars and that is what these dealers rely on or else they would not be in business. For those that do their homework and the car does check out now they are faced with the added mark up these dealers charge. Either way at least for me I don't like dealing with used car sales people. 

[bertfam]

I don't like dealing with used car sales people.

Amen brother. Amen!

Ed

[WorkinProgress]

Did anyone notice the fan shroud is screwed into the top of the radiator? First time I have seen that.

                                           - Warren

[william]

Beats this.