[T3] Witness Squareback

[Keith Park]

there's a home for it, but not for anything near that asking price

Keith

Topnotch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.topnotchresto.com
71 Squareback  "Hothe"
65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
93 RX7  "Redstur"
95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"
"hanging out at the tail end of the bell
curve, and loving every minute of it!" 
-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of William Sills
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2019 1:07 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Witness Squareback

It's back....  I see a listing for this poor car on Facebook market place
again, this time for 12500!   Someone is dreaming.  Seems the market has
already determined the car is work 3-4K depending on which auction you want
to look at.  Wonder if this thing will ever find a home.  

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 18, 2019, at 8:04 PM, William Jahn <willjahn975 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I was surprised it was an auto trans , I knew later it was earlier than a
> 73 I got my 73 around the same time the movie came out yet didn't have any
> internet and had no idea about the year changes other than the early and
> later style bodies. I liked the early body better mine just happened to be
> on the used car area in a small ford dealership I worked at back then it
> had a few dents yet was all there and no rust , I prefer a standard trans
> this one just happened to be an AT and I never saw the FI before and the
> price was right $650 plus I was given a 72 from U haul across the street
> since I needed the wiper arms and rear bumper. I saved all the parts I
> might need glad I did.
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:07 PM Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The steering wheel and wipers nail the movie car as a 71, and indeed
>> this IS the movie car.
>> 
>> The car in Hershey was owned by a guy named Eric,  he bought it from
>> Paramount after the movie for around $4500, drove it home and it quit on
>> the
>> way, towed it the rest of the way and it was never touched again till
>> hershey.  Eric was pretty much living out of the car he did drive, so not
>> sure how much longer he had it but it was the one thing he had that had
>> some
>> value.  After Hershey, one of the participants loned Eric his truck and
tow
>> dolly to move the car into a local storage locker, where it may have been
>> ever since.
>> 
>> Keith
>> 
>> 
>> Topnotch Restorations
>> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
>> http://www.topnotchresto.com
>> 71 Squareback  "Hothe"
>> 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
>> 93 RX7  "Redstur"
>> 95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"
>> "hanging out at the tail end of the bell
>> curve, and loving every minute of it!"
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:
>> type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
>> On Behalf Of Jim Adney
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 10:59 PM
>> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> Subject: Re: [T3] Witness Squareback
>> 
>>> On 17 Sep 2019 at 20:50, Keith Park wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes, apparently despite the ebay listing results, it did not sell, its
>> still
>>> in PA.
>> 
>> This latest ad sounded like it came from someone who knew less about it
>> than the guy who had it in Hershey. I have to admit that I don't remember
>> him, but didn't he seem pretty aware of the car's history. He didn't just
>> find it
>> in an abandoned storage locker, did he?
>> 
>>> it is a 71.
>> 
>> Yes, THIS one is, clearly, from the VIN that's given, but was the Witness
>> car
>> a '71?
>> 
>> I may just be biased here by the fact that I have a light blue '73 in
>> storage,
>> that looks just like that car, and also needs to get out on the road
again.
>> 
>> --
>> *******************************
>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>> *******************************
>> 
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