[T3] Witness Squareback

[William Jahn]

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:
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> 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.
>
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