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vintagebug
13 years ago
Nearer to me, but I've just looked & they've both ended, although it looks like one of them wasn't sold. Going by the engine numbers given in the ads the 1952 one is actually an April '56 (therefore a 30hp) & the 1954 one is a June '57. Still, not too bad for the money!

Dave
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading"
JULIANROBINSON
13 years ago
I "won" the 25 horse engine.. but now he wont sell it to me! :evil:
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tman
  • tman
  • pre67vw Junkie
13 years ago
Why won't he sell it to you? It sold too cheaply and he doesn't want to let it go for £80 It got hit by a forklift truck and is a writeoff? It was stolen before the end of the auction? :lol:

Edit: Oh wait, it was a "Buy It Now" listing. How strange.
Andrew
195x Deluxe oval Beetle
Binz Doublecab
JULIANROBINSON
13 years ago
"Thanks for pressing buy it now.

I'm afraid i have just sold both the engines and some other parts i have in a job lot and the buyers funds are transfering as we speak.
I had just logged back online to remove the engines when you quite rightly pressed the button before i managed to remove them.
Terribly sorry about this!

Many thanks

Davie @ solwaybeetles.co.uk
"

:roll:
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VW Stan
13 years ago

I "won" the 25 horse engine.. but now he wont sell it to me! :evil:

JULIANROBINSON wrote:



Looks like a 30 horse to me Julian. Look at the pressings in the cylinder head tin for the head bolts etc.

:d

 25hp.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.
It's hard to say what my girlfriend does for a living...

...She sells sea shells on the sea shore!
JULIANROBINSON
13 years ago
Is it wrong that i dont know the difference in the pressings? (i've not yet owned a 25 horse!)

I can see the distributor is later...

anyway, that saved a 650 mile round trip...
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VW Stan
13 years ago
30hp have large cones over the top bolts which you can't miss...  25hp_tin.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.  30hp_tin.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.
It's hard to say what my girlfriend does for a living...

...She sells sea shells on the sea shore!
Rich Oakley
13 years ago
Yep, thats a 30bhp engine. Lucky escape Julian!
47 Beetle, 56 UK Karmann Cabriolet, 56 UK Beetle, 57 UK Type 2, 59 UK Beetle, 66 UK Fastback.
JULIANROBINSON
13 years ago
Thanks guys, that makes me feel better. :d
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JULIANROBINSON
13 years ago

30hp have large cones over the top bolts which you can't miss...

VW Stan wrote:



I always say that you learn something every day!

I hadnt realised that the earlier ones dont have them!

Cheers 😎
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Ovalbug
13 years ago
...and one of the engines has been re-listed; same seller etc :? .
'63 Karmann Ghia RHD
'72 1302LS Karmann Cabrio RHD
JULIANROBINSON
13 years ago
i've now had a message asking for payment.. :roll:

and another saying he has been let down buy his buyer.. and that i can have it.. :roll:
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55Kab
13 years ago

i've now had a message asking for payment.. :roll:

and another saying he has been let down buy his buyer.. and that i can have it.. :roll:

JULIANROBINSON wrote:



Well unless you want it as a spare, you know what to tell him don't you...

tman
  • tman
  • pre67vw Junkie
13 years ago
Read the item description of eBay item no. 230495475325
Andrew
195x Deluxe oval Beetle
Binz Doublecab
Ovalbug
13 years ago

Read the item description of eBay item no. 230495475325

tman wrote:



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I'd certainly be reporting that listing to Ebay if I were Mr R :roll: .
Seller is doing himself no favours at all IMHO,and brought trouble on himself by "selling" the engines before pulling the initial Ebay auction.
Does anyone really believe that redundancy is the reason why the supposed sale didn't go through, because I don't :lol: :lol: .


:wink:
'63 Karmann Ghia RHD
'72 1302LS Karmann Cabrio RHD
JULIANROBINSON
13 years ago
Thanks guys, he is obviously reading this as he has also changed the description to include 30hp... so he has now realised that the engine he was trying to sell wasnt what he said it was either... My fault too I suspect :roll:

He has a friend on these forums, so I'm not supprised he knows about the conversations.

Sorry, but if you mess people about, especially on ebay, you get bad feedback. Thats how it works.

Still, lucky escape, 650 miles for the wrong engine would have been a nightmare! :shock:
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