Round #2🚨Buyer Beware: Shell Wrecker & Disabled Firebird Auction

[biddle]

If you missed the first post, it is below. The same seller has listed another Shell Wrecker/Disabled Firebird. The chassis has a brown drive gear and white worm gear, and the dreaded rivets instead of screws to hold in the pickup shoes. Also, the light bulb is not factory. To my knowledge, the Shell Wrecker didn't have factory rivets, can anyone confirm? Shell Wrecker was made in the final two years of US-1 and the rivets were used on the chassis briefly in the earlier years.

Personally, I would pass on this one because of the price and buy one that is all correct.

Here is the listing- https://ebay.us/QMLPM4

Thread '🚨Buyer Beware: Shell Wrecker & Disabled Firebird Auction'

Jan 26, 2026

Whenever I see an auction title with "READ" in all caps, my alarm bells go off. Usually, it’s shorthand for "this is broken or damaged," and personally, I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole.

• Conveniently Blurry Photos: The seller managed multiple clear shots of the non-damanged front pillar, yet the damaged side is a crappy photo.
• 3D-Printed Swaps: The entire chassis of the disabled car is a 3D-printed replacement, not an original part. Even the tow hook is a printed knock-off.
• Frankenstein Parts: This is supposed to be a Shell Wrecker, which...

• biddle
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[suprb6970]

The only rivet chassis, I have seen is in the Army and GI Joe sets. At least all of mine are. You see listings like these all the time. I don't know if sellers are just misinformed or being deceptive. I don't like it when, seller says in the description that "THIS IS AN ALL ORIGINAL" because it is NOT. Just say working and leave it at that. I also don't like listings that tear vehicles all a part to make it look like more than it is. IE parts lots.