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Originally Posted by stovens

I'm guessing it's just to frustrate people, and not real. You'd think if it was stolen they would never post a picture that could lead back to them, and if it was truely for sale it would be on a highend broker auction or have a painfull price tag with a contact number!

The scam works something like this"

Rube: "I saw your car listed and want it, I can send you a deposit to hold it for a few days till I can come get it"

Scammer: "I've had a lot of interest on the car, maybe I priced it too low, but I'm a man of my word, so the first person to send me a $100-$1,000 deposit via "XXXXXX" gets it.

Rube (multiple) send the deposit thinking they got the deal of the century, only to not every hear back from the scammer again. Most of these are outside of the country, so ever seeing their hard earned money ever again is the reality they face.

These scams have been going on for over 20 years, some on craigslist, some on facebook, some on Ebay, some on your local pages....


Sad, but true.

Bill S.

All the scams I've seen are from " Dealers " as well.

Big shout out to Bill for pointing out the scam. I've run into stuff on craigslist where I find vintage Marantz receivers. One guy said he'd mail the receiver so I paypal'd him knowing that if it was a scam, I could report it and get my money back, glad I did. I reported him to Craigslist, they banned him, a week later under different name when he listed it again. I felt a bit vindictive so I reported him again, and again and again. He stopped trying to sell it, His one problem was, he kept using his same paypal account for payment so being an ammature scammer he eventually was busted for fraudulent behavior. These guys keep getting more clever on getting your money. When I purchase my last truck off a listing on craigslist, we met in person, did the title transfer at the DMV, then he was handed the cash after they confirmed he owned the vehicle outright with no leans on it. Just can't be too careful.

looks like those are an internal lock device... E-clip is external. jmho.

Well that's a hell of a way to raise your blood pressure! Yep, that'll do it!!

Is the Canadian builder you follow DD Speed shop by chance? A friend of mine is driving a Cummins T300 service truck. Cummins is pushing their R2.8 swap engine and has 2 or 3 vehicles on the cruise too. Matt gets to help stranded participants or drives the 66 F100 that has a Cummins 2.8 in it. He said the first day there were over 100 over heated cars at least.

The body is back on the frame…joe

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

The body is back on the frame…joe

How did the firewall work come out?

Originally Posted by 34_40

How did the firewall work come out?

It actually came out beautiful. There’s a few small pin holes I’ve got to close up and then I’ll start filling the unnecessary accessory holes in the fire wall and there’s quite a few of them from the factory. And then I gotta make a couple small patch panels to attach the firewall to the actual floor. But it is coming along, and I call that progress….. joe

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

But it is coming along, and I call that progress….. joe

Sounds like good progress too! Congrats. I'll cut you some slack on the missing pictures!

Originally Posted by 34_40

Sounds like good progress too! Congrats. I'll cut you some slack on the missing pictures!

Scroll up the page and you’ll see the pictures of a firewall, lol

Originally Posted by 34_40

I'll cut you some slack on the missing pictures!

Ok, ok, ok here’s a picture…joe

Thanks Joe! I hadn't noticed it earlier but there are a lot of holes in that firewall. They can't be all factory?? Are they?? All by the factory I mean.. But it is coming together and it's a good feeling when you're making progress!

Yup 99% of the holes are in that firewall are from the factory. I think there’s maybe three or four added and they were for the aftermarket heater and some kind of brake control. The tiny holes were made for push pins to hold the firewall insulation on. But yeah the firewalls are full of holes from the factory…joe

Thanks for the reply Joe. I guess "we" never really notice things like the number of holes in a firewall 'til someone has one exposed so completely as you have. Thanks again for the reply and the picture! 8-)