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Subject:Re: looking at an older bus
Date:Tue, 5 Sep 2006 01:09:40 EDT

No-Can-Do carfax on anything prior to '81..  not enough numbers in the VIN.

chris

In a message dated 9/5/06 1:04:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, steve@NEWSIE.NET
writes:

> If anyone can run carfax on this I'd appreciate it.
> 2342096037
> From what I know it's a 74 Camper.  The seller tells me me he got a it then
> found a recently rebuild but now seized engine from a 76 with a single weber
> carb.   Last time he tried it turned by hand without a problem but I just
> tried it and it wouldn't budge so i'll need to pull it apart... which i'm
> kind of looking forward to.  He's a neighbor and i don't have any reason to
> doubt his word.
> There's little rust (for the  NE) but it's got a big dent on the nose and
> it's going to need new canvas for the top.  I know I'm a bit loopy trading
> my (now) nicely running 86 GL for the thing but I just kind of fell for it.
> thoughts? criticism? carfax?
> Steve
>