V1 Frank's Florida Street Goblin Build (#227) - 06 SS, 2.4L donor

[Zoom Zoom]

22K miles. The AD for the engine I found clearly stated 22K miles in three different places in the AD. I was becoming more and more skeptical of the "claimed" mileage on the engine I found on Ebay. I asked the seller for the VIN of the donor car and invested $39 in a CARFAX. The real mileage is 222,440 and I asked the seller WTF? His answer "I guess I missed a zero". Another scam artist on Ebay. I will file a complaint for what little good that does.

Dirty rotten BASTARD !!!

 

[ctuinstra]

Even better catch on that “find”! There is no way he “accidentally” missed a digit. Anyone who knows anything about used engines knows how important the mileage is.

 

[Ark :D]

Particularly when the forgotten zero means a 200,000 mile difference. There's no way this was a mistake.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

9 days - A lot can happen in 9 days.

 

[Mayor West]

Sorry to hear about the engine, but if you're buying off eBay you have buyer protection. Refuse delivery and contact ebay immediately.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Sorry to hear about the engine, but if you're buying off eBay you have buyer protection. Refuse delivery and contact ebay immediately.

I spoke Via email to the seller and he claimed ignorance. I also contacted Ebay immediately. He did promptly refund my money. I am still going to file a complaint so this doesn't happen to the next guy.

 

[95Blitz]

Glad to hear the seller stepped up and refunded the money. 9 days for your complete tear down.. Nicely done sir.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Bye, bye donor. Made another $31 at the scrap yard. Found $.21 cents in the car. Total = $31.21 ..... making money !!!

 

[benjy]

That's impressive, scrap yards in my area made it seem like they were doing me a favor by taking it, and made it very clear that I would not be paid for scrap.

 

[Mayor West]

Yeah, I had a hard time finding someone to pay me for it, most wanted to charge me 100$ to come and get it. I was able to find someone who would come drag it off for free, although he did end up paying me 40$ for the catalytic converter so I consider that good enough for me.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Let the painting begin !

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Brake Calipers - Before and after. Not 100% sure I like this shade of red.

 

[ctuinstra]

What did you use to color them? We used a brake epoxy (I can’t remeber the name at the moment) but it was complete junk! It was just epoxy with a little color in it. Dripped and ran all over. And still come off where brake fluid came in contact with it.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Wal-Mart baby !!! Free delivery. About $7 a can.

 

[ctuinstra]

I spent $50 on the crap that I used.

 

[Mayor West]

I powder coated mine Ferrari Red, turned out pretty good. One caliper got damaged in the baking process but I ended up salvaging it.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

I powder coated mine Ferrari Red, turned out pretty good. One caliper got damaged in the baking process but I ended up salvaging it.

That's too nice to put in a car. Lol

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

POR-15 two part caliper paint. Not as pretty as powder coating, but it will never come off, ever.

 

[G Atsma]

POR-15 is apocalypse paint, because it WILL survive one....

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Powder Coat - Found a local shop here in North Florida (Metal Masters) that will Powdercoat my frame. To sandblast & Powdercoat is $700. Seems like a reasonable price to me. Going to get them to do some engine parts as well.