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bit far away for me but may be useful to someone

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230493859448&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en 

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-BEETLE-30HP-ENGINE-/230493875295?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35aa816c5f 

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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!

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

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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.

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"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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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.

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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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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.

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Yep, thats a 30bhp engine. Lucky escape Julian!

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Thanks guys, that makes me feel better. :d

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I always say that you learn something every day!

I hadnt realised that the earlier ones dont have them!

Cheers 😎

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...and one of the engines has been re-listed; same seller etc :? .

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

Read the item description of eBay item no. 230495475325

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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:

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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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