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David, I know there are a million white squrebacks out there and tons of them in the LA area. I know its a wild card but if they come back to me with the location as being in Santa Maria California, the chances are pretty good. Its just fun to think about... Randy Carlson 67 Squareback 67 Panel Bus and others.. David Yaghoubian wrote: > > Hi Randy- > > I hate to break it to you, but there are/were a heckuva > lot of white squarebacks in LA, including mine, which > also got soggy in the 1982 storms. (see pict for comparisson at Greg's site > http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gregm/T3/scrapbook/goob/ ). > I'm almost positive it *wasn't* mine that's pictured in the CNN photo, > because as I remember mine got flooded out right in front of my house, > and most of the water came in from under the dashboard after dumps of leaves > clogged the drain hoses.... :) > > As for the CNN photo, it could also have been my neighbor and > high school buddy Josh Firestone's car (whose parents bought > their new, white 1968 squareback two weeks after my parents > scored theirs, the copy cats ;) or one of the countless others I > used to spot while delivering pizza and alcohol in The Val > and West LA. Too bad the plate isn't showing!!!!!!!!! > > cheers, > > Dave Y. > > At 02:35 PM 10/13/97 -0500, Randy or Vanessa Carlson wrote: > >I checked out the photo of the squareback on the CNN web site and I > >think it just may be the same car that I now have in my garage. Its a > >long shot but there are a couple of reasons I think it may be so. > >1. Same car, same color (original paint, so I know it hasnt been changed > >2. Car was in California in a pretty rainy area in 1982. > >3. Car has water damaged carpet on the passenger side. > > > >I sent an email to CNN to see where the photo was taken and will let > >y'all know what they say...if they reply. > > > >Cheers! > >Randy Carlson > >67 Squareback > >and others. > > > >