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VW squareback.....

Looking at a 70 with a new Type IV motor....

What are they going for now?

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Squareback was the first car I ever drove solo for a long distance on public roads.

I think I was 14. Friend of the family let me drive around town for an entire evening. I loved that car.

Hard to say what they go for these days......because so few are even around. There is one on ebay for a BIN of 10 grand right now. I don't think i would plop down that kind of change for one, but they are a seldom seen ride!

Unless the car's been modified it should not have a Type 4 motor. Should be a 1600 Type 1 motor with fuel injection but the Type 3 fan shroud.

One of those here for sale locally has had me thinking also. I seem to remember that they had engine cooling issues? Is that a fact? that they don't cool as well as the bug?

The one for sale here is $5K decent body , rebuilt engine.

Cheers Richard

My Dad had a 73 that I drove for many years. I also had a 71 that had been rolled on Angeles Crest Highway....ran like a champ. Never over heated as far as I remember....

Thats a type III motor not a type IV. Also, it looks like that is a 72 to 74 Squareback judging from the large tail lights. Still looks like a fun project. I had an early pie wagon way back in the day.

Well my estimate is 3K.....max

Always kind of wanted one of these...

Put a 911 motor in it!

KT

put an electric conversion in it - you can gut a Chevy Volt

I'd rather have an old Volvo station wagon tho...

Brad's dad had one of those, but IIRC it was slightly modified ........

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Rumor has it that a couple years ago it was offered for sale for $19k ...... and it works a heck of a lot better than one that runs on batteries.

455 olds with a toronado drivertrain (in the back).

What could go wrong? I'm sure you could keep yer foot out of it .....

Original 1970 Squareback

Working on both of these now. Centurion is getting a service. The 69 square has no injector pulses when cranking. Put a couple of drops of gas in the intake and it fires up and runs like a champ.

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I had one, I loved it. You can get an amazing amount of gear into one.
Those are most likely aftermarket carbs, OK but like a 914 good working FI is better.

the only thing my family EVER won is a VW wagon like that. my mom couldnt drive a stick very well and force my dad to sell it. i was about 5 years old, and i can still remember the interior smell of that car.

i would kill to still have it. it was baby blue IIRC. my mom would whiplash the entire family..good times. very good times.
BUY IT!!

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Originally Posted by crustychief (Post 6301028)

Working on both of these now. Centurion is getting a service. The 69 square has no injector pulses when cranking. Put a couple of drops of gas in the intake and it fires up and runs like a champ.

Check the F.I. trigger points in the distributor.

a fond memory of SBs!

Hope this doesn't bore everyone, if so skip it.
Gezz, VW Squarebacks, that sure takes me back. I had a 69 green SB with a sunroof, loved that car. Rebuilt the motor & brakes and put a new clutch in it, then drove it to my new job in MI from Philly area. Non-stop except for gas with never an issue. Thing ran like a top and a great cruiser, very comfortable but no headrests as I recall; not sure about seat belts, but who cared back in the day! Then a couple years later took a 72 SB to Jackman Maine to visit an old HS buddy and his new bride with my girl friend (her car). We were fine until we hit the logging road. Holy cow what a ride. Felt like one of those old gals one used to see on the dashboard with the head attached by a spring and did the hula. OMG, never thought we would ever get there. Almost turned back a couple times, but after about 5 hours we figured we had to almost be there, right???!! wrong, about another 2.5 hours and we arrived. Couldn't go more than about 45mph maybe 50 if we hit a wet area where the stones were somewhat buried. That car stood up to that torture better than we did.
The rest of the story. We got there had dinner and then passed out in bed upstairs. About an hour later my girlfriend and I are wide awake. With all the vastness of land in this geographical location, the house was built 20 feet off the logging road (you ain't seen snow until you've spent a winter in Jackman), so all night the house shook with logging trucks going past at about the same 45mph we did only carrying dizzyingly long trees stacked as high as a 5 story building! Laugh now, but I'll NEVER drive another logging road as long as I live.