Recent content by theadamnc

There is certainly a learning curve to this, but I refuse to accept that the responsibility and expectation of honestly rests on only the buyer. You are correct, BAT is a marketing company, but they are also a company that will acknowledge that your vehicle was most likely driven instead of...

Classic BAT experience. Sorry your client is going through that nightmare. No matter what anyone says on this forum, your customer did not deserve to be lied to and exploited by the seller. Bring a Trailer has the revenue and capacity to fix some of these issues. There are so many things that...

MEGA

The car was misrepresented in a few ways by the buyer. 1. Said it was not smoked in. Smells like smoke. 2. No leaks at all. Certainly has a leak. He was also a clown about it all.

Yeah, I have already explained my role in all of this. Doesn't change the message, and doesn't change the behaviors of the company. Not sure what you're trying to prove here? Don't go away mad, just go away.

I am sure the title is on the way, it's just going to take an obscene amount of time like everything else they have done. I agree that BAT has hurt the enthusiast market more than it has helped. I would wager that a lot of why they have hurt the market is because they make it appear to be an...

What a weird comment. I never understood why people white knight for corporations that are screwing over others. Perhaps you think I am stupid? Perhaps you have been burned before and thus you feel like everyone should have to be burned as well? The car is more shabby than I thought, for sure...

This thread is insanely old, but do you still have the 09201-60011 tool? I need it.

Just some updates. After 100s of emails, calls and all around tom foolery BAT/CARAMEL (impossible to tell where one company ends and the other begins) has finally reached out to me with what they claim is resolution. The short of it is that they cannot prove, or disprove that the vehicle was...

Cutting the roof off is always a big leap. Looks good! I really think the Troopy with this conversion is such a good travel vehicle.

Slowly inspecting parts as I remove them. Unfortunately a lot cannot be used again and is out of spec. This valve spring has seen better days and it's pretty cool that the motor kept running even with this broken spring. Looks like the rocker arms are going to have to be replaced too. Some...

Yeah, that is the way to do it. Still would never use them again out of principle alone, but to each their own.

Awesome! Which motor do you have in yours? I was literally just out in the garage wrenching away on the motor.

Really just ripping to get the motor stripped down so I can take it to a machine shop and have it checked out for cracks. I know the 2B is getting harder to use as a viable option, but I want to give it a shot before I decide to go down the motor swap road. I feel like I owe it to her. Besides...

I feel like I have bitten off more than I want to chew sometimes... Saw some concerning things in the drivers side footwell but I need to investigate more before I let it be a problem. It's amazing to me how good some of these parts look after 40 something years. thanks to @Karmapolice for...