72 2002Tii on Hemmings

[mccusername]

I emailed the seller, and I might have been a bit casual, but I really, really think I wasn't rude and I wasn't trying to talk him off his price, and I wasn't putting down the car. However I did mention that I wasn't sure it was original paint, and this is the reply I got:

 

When you begin your inquiry doubting the veracity of my add I’m dissuaded from selling my lovely car to you. 

You may talk to “the guy” who was going to buy it at your pleasure but for your information I found him to be dishonest. 

I will not be sending you any information on my car and will not be selling it to you. 

The paint is original by the factory and no respray or overspray.   

Look elsewhere. 

[fastricky]

27 minutes ago, mccusername said:

I emailed the seller, and I might have been a bit casual, but I really, really think I wasn't rude and I wasn't trying to talk him off his price, and I wasn't putting down the car. However I did mention that I wasn't sure it was original paint, and this is the reply I got:

 

When you begin your inquiry doubting the veracity of my add I’m dissuaded from selling my lovely car to you. 

You may talk to “the guy” who was going to buy it at your pleasure but for your information I found him to be dishonest. 

I will not be sending you any information on my car and will not be selling it to you. 

The paint is original by the factory and no respray or overspray.   

Look elsewhere. 

 

Hmm, sounds like a wanker. I take back my thinking this is a desirable car. (My hunch is it was resprayed).

[ray_]

I'm still giving him the benefit of the doubt. 90% certain he's advertising the car as he remembers it to  be.

 

I don't think he's of teh interwebs generation.

 

Cheers,

[BarneyT]

The add does 36k Firm, looks very clean to me...no soup for You.

[BarneyT]

Does say

[Conserv]

It looks like a great car for $36K! Either look at it in person and buy it on the spot, for $36K, or find someone to do a PPI —largely to confirm the car exists where is claims to exist — and buy it for $36K. This is not a seller who is going to be impressed by a knowledgeable or sophisticated buyer.

 

I’d guess that this car, VIN 2761250, was built on or just after March 23, 1972 (VIN 2761248, also an Inka tii, was manufactured on March 23, 1972).

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited January 15, 2019 by Conserv

[mccusername]

I did not negotiate on price, or even begin to. I asked if he had more pictures of-- gasp-- the underbody because even the best of these cars rust. 

 

Me = buy the owner not the car

someone else = suck up to this old fart and get a good deal on a nice car

[Conserv]

10 hours ago, mccusername said:

 

....Me = buy the owner not the car

someone else = suck up to this old fart and get a good deal on a nice car

 

Hmmm...the age old decision: brains or charm?

 

Once again, charm will be driving that Inka beauty home....?

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited January 15, 2019 by Conserv

[plethoraBT]

New to this forum, but long time 2002 fan hoping to finally add one to my garage.  Does anyone have a phone number of the seller for this '72 Inka Tii they could send/message me?  I'm interested in it, but haven't received a response from my inquiries through Hemmings.

 

Thanks,

John

[Bryan Bittner]

On 1/13/2019 at 10:55 AM, adawil2002 said:

Fender wells are shutz covered body color. Spare tire well should match fuel tank and be satin black.

Spare well on '72's are body color inside, you mean exterior, right?

 

[adawil2002]

Just now, Bryan Bittner said:

Spare well on '72's are body color inside, you mean exterior, right?

 

 Yes, more aesthetically pleasing to have exterior spare tire well match underside of fuel tank.

[Conserv]

35 minutes ago, Bryan Bittner said:

Spare well on '72's are body color inside, you mean exterior, right?

 

 

But...from the factory, the spare wheel well was painted body color, not black — except on a Schwarz car. The luggage compartment side (top) of the spare wheel well was fully painted body color. The exterior side (bottom) of the spare wheel well, however, was primer with a sloppy coat of body color. The body color was fully saturated around its rear and left edges — because those areas were fully exposed. As you moved away from those two exposed surfaces, the body color became thin and, eventually, overspray. Since the factory primer was light gray or gray-green, the body color took on odd colors: gray primer bleeding through body color overspray.

 

Below is an Agave round taillight with the typically miserably painted underside, as delivered by the factory.

 

Notice saturated body color around the edges of the underside, fading towards primer in the drivetrain tunnel.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

Edited January 27, 2019 by Conserv

[RonfromIN]

I live a couple hours away. Recently ended a search with a purchase of a 72tii in Tucson. Not close to being an authority but I can take pictures ask questions and drive. 

[RonfromIN]

And I’m probably older than the seller. We may connect.