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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10577 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Thanks, Everett and KTPhil! The Fasty in "Up in Smoke" is unfortunately partly blocked in that scene in every shot. I advance YouTube frame by frame using , and . on keyboard after a stop to find the shot where you see the most of the car. Take a screen shot and enhance it in Photoshop.
A few more shots from SoCal, this time from the TV show "CHiPs" episode "Nightingale" (S3E23, 1980). The red late Squareback is in several highway scenes.
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:44 am Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Movie "Friday Foster" (1975):
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10577 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Dark Squareback in background, YouTube video on the history of the Porsche 917 race car. Main engineer Ferdinand Piech is at left, and Ferry Porsche at right holding up the hood. The race car has a flat-12 cylinder engine, which would be the main powerplant of the incredible 917. Porsche also experimented with a flat 16-cylinder aircooled race engine but its intake stacks were slightly tilted outward compared to the straight-up ones here.
Red early Squareback, TV show "The streets of San Francisco" season 1 ep. 9 "The takers" (1972).
Light blue late '60's Squareback, TV show "Police story" season 3 (1975). |
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10577 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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^ Another Squareback in the background of a full-race Porsche, this time behind movie star and race driver Steve McQueen (playing race driver character Michael Delaney) sitting at the genuine Porsche 917 which his character drove in the epic movie "LeMans" (1971).
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 10577 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Blue early Squareback parked in left background, movie "Roller Boogie" (1979). Cutie at the right of the green Excalibur is actress Linda Blair.
Blue Squareback parked in right foreground; probably a mid-'60's "S" with two-tone white roof. TV show "Hawaii Five-O" S4E14 "Odd man in" (1971).
White early Squareback parked in right background, "Blume in love" (1973).
From the same movie; light blue '68/'69 Fastback. Actress Susan Anspach walking past. |
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Bobnotch Samba Member

Joined: July 06, 2003 Posts: 23414 Location: Kimball, Mi
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Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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The Chevy van in the left turn lane reminds me of a van just like it that I drove for work when I lived in Texas back in the mid 80's. Same color combo too. _________________ Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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People keep confusing "restored" and "restroyed". |
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2025 5:00 am Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Beige early Fastback driving past in background, TV show "Starsky and Hutch" season 1 episode 1 "Savage Sunday" (1975).
From the same episode, composite photo of orange late Squareback in parking garage.
Black/dark brown early Squareback parked in right background, Starsky and Hutch episode "Jojo". |
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Composite of a yellow late Squareback, movie "Deadhead miles" (1972). Main characters Alan Arkin and Paul Benedict here. This scene is filmed at the Fontana Raceway drag strip in Southern California.
Dark blue early Type 3 parked at far left, TV show "The streets of San Francisco" episode "Minor vices".
Orange late Squareback driving by in background, "The streets of San Francisco" episode "Superstar". Guest star Paul Sorvino at right.
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Yellow late Squareback parked at right, British TV show "The professionals" S4E8 "A sportsman dies" (1977).
Red Fastback in background, TV show "The persuaders" ep. 12 "That's me over there".
Police car Notchback, German crime drama TV show "Vorsicht Falle" ep. "Nepper Schlepper Bauernfaenger" (1965). |
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BSQUARE Samba Member

Joined: November 05, 2004 Posts: 1891 Location: Feeling, Minnesota
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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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From a 1990 skate video "Useless Wooden Toys", a yellow late Squareback shows up at 2:45, 2:55, and 5:09
I don't know how to do screen shots, so I'll just link the whole video.
Link
*EDIT - I figured it out, thanks ROME!
_________________ 1968 Regatta Blue Squareback |
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Tan '68/'69 Fastback parked, movie "The boxer" (1971).
'66 Fastback parked, German crime drama TV show "Vorsicht: Falle" ep. 20 (1968).
Ivory '66/'67 Fastback passing on the Autobahn, German movie "Das wandern ist Herr Muellers Lust" (1973; translated Hiking is Mr. Miller's passion). Popular German singer Heino sitting up on the Mercedes. Is the Fastback a right-hand drive?! No; there looks to be an outer mirror only on the left door.
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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From the TV show "T.J. Hooker" S3E17 "Hot property": 2 partly stripped Fastbacks in junkyard-
And a blue Squareback in the same junkyard-
Most of us have watched the thrilling car chase in the movie "Bullitt" (1968) but who has spotted the blue '66/'67 Fastback parked at left? Blink and you miss it. The antagonists' black Dodge Charger is turning left ahead, with one of its hubcaps already spinning down the street at its left front wheel. Viewed from main character Det. Frank Bullitt's (Steve McQueen) Mustang.
The people in the black sweaters on the opposite intersection sidewalk are from 2nd unit camera crew which are filming the 2 chase cars coming down the hill, standing next to/filming past the stopped Cadillac in the street. |
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Composite photo of stripped yellow Fastback dirt course racer, German movie "Treffer" (1984).
Red early Fastback on city street, South African movie "Vrolike Vrytag" (1969).
Orange late Type 3 on freeway behind Ofcr Sindy Cahill (Brianne Leary), TV show "CHiPs" season 2. |
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No_name4aday Samba Member

Joined: May 23, 2024 Posts: 54 Location: Northwest Kansas
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2025 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Generation kill episode 2 31:25
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 11:57 am Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Ivory early Fastback at JFK International Airport, New York; movie "Hell up in Harlem" (1973).
From same movie: Dark green (Deep sea green?) late Fastback parked on New York City street.
Early Squareback parked at left on snowy street, 1960's German crime drama show "Das Kriminalmuseum" ep. 9 "Searching for a tour guide". The large dark car down the street is the police car BMW 501 or 502 sedan. |
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 10, 2025 1:47 am Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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The original "Gone in 60 Seconds" (1974) has many Type 3; probably the most prominent was the white early Fastback which gets rear-ended on the bridge, then flips over. Here are others:
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2025 6:35 am Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Quad composite of ivory Squareback, TV show "Hawaii Five-O" S5 episode "The listener" (1973). Main character Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) in his black 1968 Mercury Park Lane Brougham which he drove on the show for several seasons.
Blue '66 Squareback parked in background, TV show "The mod squad" season 4 episode 19 "No more oak leaves for Ernie Holland" (1972).
Light-colored late Squareback parked in right background, TV show "TJ Hooker" S5E12 "Shootout" (1986).
Yellow Fastback, TV show "Hawaii Five-O" S8E9 "Retire in Hawaii forever" (1975).
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:59 am Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Early Squareback in a German city, 1960's German crime drama TV show "Das Kriminalmuseum" episode "Der Brief".
Ivory '66/'67 Squareback parked at left, TV show "CHiPs" S5E10.
Blue '68/'69 Squareback at right, 1970's TV show "Police story" season 2. Episode not recorded.
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Type 3 Ghia parked at the German Nuerburgring race track parking lot in the mid '1960's; station WDR (West Deutscher Rundfunk) documentary "Geheimnis Nuerburgring" (2014).
Type 3 Ghia seen through a shop window, 1960's German TV crime drama show "Strassenfeger" episode 14.
Front of a '66/'67 ivory Type 3, TV show "Hawaii Five-O" S6E1 "Hookman" (1973). Barely visible behind the Type 3 is the nose of a Karmann Ghia.
From the same episode:
and the rear of an ivory early Squareback parked during a car chase:
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2025 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3's in movies and on T.V. |
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Ivory late '60's Squareback, Walt Disney movie "The million dollar duck" (1971). Actor Lee Montgomery running in foreground.
Ivory early type 3 parked in left background, YouTube NASS "San Francisco 1960s in color".
Two-toned mid '60's Squareback, German TV crime drama show "Der Kommissar" S6E11 "Drei Brueder" (3 brothers).
Yellow late Squareback parked at left, YouTube "Las Vegas Strip 1972".
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