What was there #538 - A VW and a gorilla in Vermont

[Ray B.]

What car was this gorilla holding, behind this white cloud, before I erase it?

Also, where is this mystery car located, and since when.
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[rickjames8]

Golden VW Beetle. 

[Ray B.]

Sure. But that's only part of the question.

[Ray B.]

Locked 48 hours for newcomer rickjames8, who found the car, not the location.
Then this one will be moved up.

[rickjames8]

Thanks for locking it.   Sorry for not reading the entire question - I got too excited. 

The car is located at Leicester, Vermont and has been there since 1987.

[Ray B.]

Your first point, rickjames 8!
Welcome to Autopuzzles.

Here is what my source says, but it's obviously the same car and place.

[Otto Puzzell]

More correctly, that's his super-freaky first point. 

Well done, rickjames8