The wheels were made by a fellow named Dale Whitney. He had a foundry in St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. They were distributed by Westphalia, if my memory isn't too f#@ked up. Had a set on my '69 Squareback; my first car.
I blew my 64 Squareback engine out in Albuquerque on the way back to CA. A car came up behind me and offered help. Told me probably the radiator went out. Of course the radiator was missing from the moment I purchased the car.
I had the same black 68 Squareback, sunroof and chrome mags. The black plate: the black plates were from '63 to 69 and all cars were retrofitted. The L series on this car is from '64, a '68 plate would be U, V, W or X. IN CA the plates stay with the car rather than with the owner; if one is lost, they're replaced with whatever is current and it stays with the car til it's taken off the road. The L plates are a mystery.
Hello, This is my old car! Kind of amazed I was able to find a pic. Does anyone know where this picture was taken or who owns it now?
For those of you asking about license plates, Its not a 68' its a 69. The plates were bought used on ebay and swapped. In California they had a weird loophole that allowed you to swap for period correct plates if you had both in tact.
The original coat was powder blue.
If anyone has any information on who the current owner is I would be seriously grateful to hear from you. I had to sell this at a time when I wasn't living in California and my old man couldn't take it with him while he was moving so was forced to act fast and unfortunately sell.
Best of OPC. 
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I never understood the chrome eyelids, but otherwise a very cool car
The wheels were made by a fellow named Dale Whitney. He had a foundry in St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. They were distributed by Westphalia, if my memory isn't too f#@ked up. Had a set on my '69 Squareback; my first car.
Monkeystone69
My dream car. California black plates!(yes, the comment was already made...) Awesome.
I blew my 64 Squareback engine out in Albuquerque on the way back to CA. A car came up behind me and offered help. Told me probably the radiator went out. Of course the radiator was missing from the moment I purchased the car.
lol!
I had the same black 68 Squareback, sunroof and chrome mags. The black plate: the black plates were from '63 to 69 and all cars were retrofitted. The L series on this car is from '64, a '68 plate would be U, V, W or X. IN CA the plates stay with the car rather than with the owner; if one is lost, they're replaced with whatever is current and it stays with the car til it's taken off the road. The L plates are a mystery.
ah, the romance of shabby old license plates. thanks for sharing, anon.
What's the history of this car because this is identical to my previous one. Identical.
Also, is that a 98Rock sticker in the window?
i'll try to remember to look at the originals and see if i can tell, porras. ...but nobody here knows anything about this car's history.
Not a 98rock sticker on this one. That was a 93rock on a different square back. I'm about 99% sure that this is my old car. My first car in fact.
If anyone knows anything please let me know. I'd like to track her down and say hi at least.
Where was the picture
Hello, This is my old car! Kind of amazed I was able to find a pic. Does anyone know where this picture was taken or who owns it now?
For those of you asking about license plates,
Its not a 68' its a 69. The plates were bought used on ebay and swapped. In California they had a weird loophole that allowed you to swap for period correct plates if you had both in tact.
The original coat was powder blue.
If anyone has any information on who the current owner is I would be seriously grateful to hear from you.
I had to sell this at a time when I wasn't living in California and my old man couldn't take it with him while he was moving so was forced to act fast and unfortunately sell.
Please help me reunite with this car!!
Best
Torey
sircates@gmail.com
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