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I recently purchased a 68 cougar from the opposite side of the country. I understood that I was dealing with a car guy with considerable experience with cougars. I asked him several questions regarding the car and had him take several more pictures of the car. At one point I called and asked him to go over the car with me while I was on the phone to look at specific areas for me. I specifically asked him to look for any accident damage. He had told me that the passenger quarter panel looked like it had some work done to it and suggested it should be replaced. After all this I decided to go ahead with the purchase. It was a substantial amount of money for a shell, and the car shipping, but I felt like I could trust this person as he was quite knowledgable about cougars.
Upon taking delivery of the car. The first thing I noticed as I jumped up on the car carrier was that the passenger door panel was blue in color, and that really stuck out because this was a factory red car. I did not have much time to look at the car as the driver wanted to get it off his truck. I had my car dolly there to take it the rest of the way home and it was getting dark so I did my best to hook it up to the dolly so I could take it the rest of the way home.
Upon arrival home, I was horrified to discover that the car was in a substantial wreck in the past. The passenger door was blue because it was a replacement door. The front door post was smashed in ( so bad that the metal interior dash panel was crumpled up) and the windshield piller was bent in at the top of the windshield where the roof joint is. The passenger quarter panel, outer wheel well, door jamb, and the interior sheet metal that holds the window regulator was also changed out from the accident, ( also tell-tale blue color). The car was hit so hard that the inner rear wheel well was also crinkled but was re-used.
I had the wind knocked out of my sails. I then sent a email to the seller and told him about what I discovered and the seller returned my email and stated that the car was sold 'as is'. He says that it is a forty year old car and this should be expected.
Here is my question about ethics. I have included photos of the damage and would like to know people's opinion about this matter.
1) Would you consider the damage noticable enough to tell someone that is purchasing the car sight unseen, considering that the seller was a knowledgable cougar person?
2) What would you do if you had this happen to you?
Upon taking delivery of the car. The first thing I noticed as I jumped up on the car carrier was that the passenger door panel was blue in color, and that really stuck out because this was a factory red car. I did not have much time to look at the car as the driver wanted to get it off his truck. I had my car dolly there to take it the rest of the way home and it was getting dark so I did my best to hook it up to the dolly so I could take it the rest of the way home.
Upon arrival home, I was horrified to discover that the car was in a substantial wreck in the past. The passenger door was blue because it was a replacement door. The front door post was smashed in ( so bad that the metal interior dash panel was crumpled up) and the windshield piller was bent in at the top of the windshield where the roof joint is. The passenger quarter panel, outer wheel well, door jamb, and the interior sheet metal that holds the window regulator was also changed out from the accident, ( also tell-tale blue color). The car was hit so hard that the inner rear wheel well was also crinkled but was re-used.
I had the wind knocked out of my sails. I then sent a email to the seller and told him about what I discovered and the seller returned my email and stated that the car was sold 'as is'. He says that it is a forty year old car and this should be expected.
Here is my question about ethics. I have included photos of the damage and would like to know people's opinion about this matter.
1) Would you consider the damage noticable enough to tell someone that is purchasing the car sight unseen, considering that the seller was a knowledgable cougar person?
2) What would you do if you had this happen to you?