[T3] Witness Squareback

[William Sills]

Auction has ended for the car, and the high bit....  $3100!  So if it did sell on eBay, then someone just lost money.   Wonder where it will pop up next. 

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> 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.
>> 
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>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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