Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:23:41 GMT From: jw <john.s.websternopsamzon.net> Subject: Re: I think I found my Saab
Wojciech Setlak wrote: > jw wrote: >> >> Wow, that's a pain! Shouldn't there be legal ramifications for that? > > Well, of course there are - but if the trader I bought it from has proof > he bought it from another person, he'll escape unpunished. :( Oh. I see. >> Were you looking for a 1989 >> and got a 1984? > > Nope, the car is 1988, but the VIN has been transplanted from a 1984 > model. Probably the car has been imported at an age that prohibits is > from being registered in Poland (over 10 years). Then the trader took an > old, probably wrecked Saab (the 1984 one) which was registered in Poland > and transplanted the VIN (and the plate on front right inner wing) to > the 1988 one. Yeah, I figured you know the difference in the noses between a 1988 and a 1984. But if you looked up the VIN, wouldn't it have said 1984? Just curious. Bear with me, I'm a little slow today... -jw -- 1984 900S hatchback Rhode Island