Re: My car in the movies

[king5zreo@juno.com (Tom Davis)]

Leah,
	Great story. I bet all of us wish we had experiences like this.

			Tom

'68 FB (Thumper)


On Fri, 26 Dec 1997 23:23:39 -0500 "Richard H. Overman"
<sunset_village@compuserve.com> writes:
>Season's Greetings, fellow Type 3 folks!
>     Over the holidays I dragged my dad's 16mm movie projector down 
>from
>the attic and entertained the family with his old movies.  Lo and 
>behold,=
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>there was my dad in 1964 standing in front of his new '63 Squareback!! 
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>f
>course I got really excited to see the car, which is now mine, looking 
>so=
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>good--shiny and free of rust and dents, and was eager to see more 
>shots o=
>f
>it.
>    Guess what the next scene was--my mom was being wheeled out of the
>hospital with a brand new baby girl (ME!) and is shown getting into 
>the
>squareback.  My first ride in a car ever was in a T3!!  There were 
>some
>good shots of the original interior, too.  I guess that's why I am so
>attached to the car.
>    Now I am full of renewed excitement to get to work on the car, if 
>onl=
>y
>the weather would warm up.
>
>   Leah Wegener, Tacoma, WA  =
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