BEWARE of this chop shop in melbourne(mainly VL's)

[CHEETR]

found this on calais turbo


bloody amazing what chop shops can do.

here is the link, selling a immaculant vl turbo bt1.
COMMODORE VL SL BT1 TURBO ORIGINAL EX POLICE IN VGC - eBay Commodore, Holden, Cars, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 19-Jan-08 22:04:00 AEDST)


and here is the SAME car previously, bought by him only a 1 month earlier.

VL BT1 RB30 TURBO RECO MOTOR ORIGINAL COND 17in WHEELS - eBay VB, VC, VH, VK, VL, Holden, Car Parts, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 08-Dec-07 14:58:31 AEDST)

his feedback isnt too crash hot, i wonder why lol


in the first link it says original 208,000kms.


but yet in the add he bought it off, it had a blown motor and was rebuilt...

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Hehe, I did a REVS check and it's still registered with NSW rego.

 

[stocky]

THE CAR MAY BE GOING TO A LOCAL HOLDEN DEALERSHIP SO IT CAN BE PUT IN THE SHOWROOM FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO VIEW IT, I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE DEALER PRINCIPAL AND I MAY CONSIDER IT..

hahaha what a load of crap

 

[cpbait]

lol thats funny, he did a good job though bringing it back to orriginal, looks liks he's a panel beater going by where the photos have been taken, some young kid will buy it anyway and destroy it.

 

[Clutchy]

What makes you think its the same car ? just a question not saying its not I just read both listings and missed how ya picked its the same car.

 

[Clutchy]

What makes you think its the same car ? just a question not saying its not I just read both listings and missed how ya picked its the same car.

Dont worry I just had a real look lol

 

[Cheap6]

Dont worry I just had a real look lol

So, it is a number's job on the car currently for sale, with the engine from the first car swapped in and the rest disappearing into the ether of spare parts?

Pretty brazen if the dealership sticker on the front apron is genuine, as that could be something that the (true) owner could use to ID it.

 

[CHEETR]

NO

the car in the first link is the same car in teh second link.

but hi strying to say it soriginal and 208,000kms and ****, when in the the link where he bought it it had a blown motor.

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

The car itself probably has done 208 000kms, he never says it's the original motor. He never says it's a rebuild either.

I'm interested to know why you think it's a chop shop job? A chop is building a car from two wrecked halves, ie: weld the front of a rear ender to the rear of a front ender. This is the original car, just refurbished. He is a bit misleading in his descriptions though.

 

[Astranomical]

Indeed...call me dumb, but I can't really see why this is as bad a thing as everyone's making it out to be...in the second auction I was expecting to see an auction for a writeoff, lol.