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Door gap on 1970 C3 Convertible
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<blockquote data-quote="Roger Ramjet" data-source="post: 218250" data-attributes="member: 6682"><p>Not a pleasant morning two days ago, here goes ...</p><p></p><p>So, I show up at the seller's place to pick up the car for a test drive and to bring it to my mechanic for inspection.</p><p></p><p>"The steering wheel is a bit off-centre, the car goes straight <em>but </em>the steering wheel looks like you're turning right" he says. <img src="https://cosgan.de/images/midi/frech/a050.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Anyhoo, he gives me the keys, I sit down and proceed to wear the seatbelt. I spent ten minutes trying to adjust the slack so I can buckle-up, and he spent close to one hour trying to do the same. No luck. The deadlock wheel had basically fused from the rust and the male buckle would not budge for adjustment.</p><p>[ATTACH]42761[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Tried everything from oil, WD-40, screwdrivers, pliers, no luck. He said he would bring it across the street to the mechanic. I asked him if this was a joke and how in hell did the car pass this part of the provincial inspection!? He said it's ok, you can drive it with no belt. I told him I can't afford a ticket (and demerit points) for not wearing a belt. "True" - he says. What a winner! <img src="https://cosgan.de/images/midi/froehlich/c042.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The SAAQ provincial inspection report had a couple of errors:</p><p>1. Mileage was recorded as 50,000 even !!! and the 'km' box was checked instead of 'mi'. The speedometer is in miles, not kilometers. What was the inspector looking at?</p><p></p><p>2. The VIN on the SAAQ inspection report (as well as all documentation in the car file) was recorded as XXXXXXX<span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"><strong>5</strong></span>XXXXXX. No letter to be seen. Turns out the <strong><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">5 </span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">should have been the letter '</span><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"><strong>S</strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">'. All the paperwork, including the vehicle registration was wrong. The inspector, I would only assume, never bothered to actually look at the VIN metal tag on the car but just copied the info from previous documentation (wrong).</span></p><p></p><p>I give him back his keys and tell him I wasn't interested in the car anymore. </p><p></p><p>The mechanic who was supposed to inspect the car (which I never showed up for) said it was not meant to be, things happen for a reason (probably an omen), consider myself lucky and to move on.</p><p></p><p>Indeed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roger Ramjet, post: 218250, member: 6682"] Not a pleasant morning two days ago, here goes ... So, I show up at the seller's place to pick up the car for a test drive and to bring it to my mechanic for inspection. "The steering wheel is a bit off-centre, the car goes straight [I]but [/I]the steering wheel looks like you're turning right" he says. [img]https://cosgan.de/images/midi/frech/a050.gif[/img] Anyhoo, he gives me the keys, I sit down and proceed to wear the seatbelt. I spent ten minutes trying to adjust the slack so I can buckle-up, and he spent close to one hour trying to do the same. No luck. The deadlock wheel had basically fused from the rust and the male buckle would not budge for adjustment. [ATTACH]42761[/ATTACH] Tried everything from oil, WD-40, screwdrivers, pliers, no luck. He said he would bring it across the street to the mechanic. I asked him if this was a joke and how in hell did the car pass this part of the provincial inspection!? He said it's ok, you can drive it with no belt. I told him I can't afford a ticket (and demerit points) for not wearing a belt. "True" - he says. What a winner! [img]https://cosgan.de/images/midi/froehlich/c042.gif[/img] The SAAQ provincial inspection report had a couple of errors: 1. Mileage was recorded as 50,000 even !!! and the 'km' box was checked instead of 'mi'. The speedometer is in miles, not kilometers. What was the inspector looking at? 2. The VIN on the SAAQ inspection report (as well as all documentation in the car file) was recorded as XXXXXXX[COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][B]5[/B][/COLOR]XXXXXX. No letter to be seen. Turns out the [B][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]5 [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]should have been the letter '[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][B]S[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]'. All the paperwork, including the vehicle registration was wrong. The inspector, I would only assume, never bothered to actually look at the VIN metal tag on the car but just copied the info from previous documentation (wrong).[/COLOR] I give him back his keys and tell him I wasn't interested in the car anymore. The mechanic who was supposed to inspect the car (which I never showed up for) said it was not meant to be, things happen for a reason (probably an omen), consider myself lucky and to move on. Indeed. [/QUOTE]
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