1966 VW Typ III Variant Squareback
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2022
- Color is actually Granada Red, VW Paint Code L650.
Video may be long and "boring" for some, and I apologize in advance. I'm a novice in the UA-cam world, but UA-cam provides an excellent avenue for many of us to relive the past while simultaneously allowing the next generations to have a sample of our life experiences.
I bought a 73 square back in 75. In Canada 1600 fuel injection porshe engine. I drove it coast to coast out canada back through the States. Sleeping in the back. It had a gasoline cabin heater but after a few miles even at 15 f below it was warm from the motor and always started. It could drive all day at 85 on speedo. I regularly did a 205 mile trip in 3 hours. Except for safety and only 2 doors it was probably the best car I have owned. Fuel consumption of no consequence then but in late 20s to imperial. gallon.
Parents bought our 1st type 3 squareback in the UK (TCU 914L ) Amazing childhood memories of camping fishing and arguing over who slept in the back where it was lovely and warm because of the rear engine Thank you for posting🙂
My parents had a 1970. They got it in Germany, drove all over Europe with it, then shipped it back. It was still around when I was a toddler in the later 70s and I have some vague recollections of it. It was then given to my uncle who drove it a few more years!
I've owned three Type IIIs back in the day. My first was a '72 Fastback I hotrodded while in highschool. After I wrecked that, I transferred the various hop up bits over to a '69 Squareback which I drove around for a few years. Sometime in the meantime I bought a bone stock '67 Fastback. I daily drove that car for quite a few years. I think the carbureted Type IIIs were probably the most reliable aircooled VW ever produced. Good power and room to stretch inside. Really wonderful cars.
Such a great car. Back in the middle school a mother of a friend drove seven children to school. That was in the 70s. The color was orange. Here in europe you don't see them so often, but they are still there.
Very nice car with the open roof that makes it even more desirable. We did not get than many here in France.
Back in ‘70-‘71 I had a ‘63 Type III Notchback. It was built to be imported to France. It had km speedometer and the owners manual was in French. It was a 1500 cc engine with a single side-draft carburetor. It’s top-end was about 145 kmph, about 90-95 mph. It was low on compression and was hard to start, took a lot of starter motor winding to get it to fire up, which drove my future mother-in-law crazy when I was leaving my fiancé house at midnight.😂 After having a ‘65 beetle in high school, the type III was roomier and it had a lot more power than the 40 hp bug. Like this square back it too was red with white interior. I’d like to drive one again just for old times sake.😊
That goes really well and the motor sounds so sweet, great car that should last forever with the proper maintenance.
Just beautiful. My dad bought a '64 squareback around to '93/'94. Since then I fell in love with every VW, but specifically with this one. Thanks for upload this!
I am so jealous! Enjoy, the warm months!!!
Thank you for this video 😊 👍Reminding me on the first car I ever remeber in my life. My Dad had one of these 66 models, when I was three years old.. It has the opposite color scheme (white body, red interior) but the same sound with double caburators. The type 3 squareback was a very good commercial success in Germany that days, but they weren‘t beloved cors and more treated as family cars and commercial vehicles. They didn‘t got very much of attention from their owners.
Thank you for a trip back to my birth year ! My parents drove me around in one when I was a toddler.
Very common for the Type 3 to overheat at high speeds. My mom had her engine replaced 3 times ( she didn't want to slow down...) by the time she gave it to me with 168,000 miles. There was a fix that removed the side vent louvers and reversed them to force the air to enter at high speeds. Mine ('66 1600S) had the overload spring on the rear axel, I could really load the back up! The sunroof eventually stuck closed, but never leaked... Oh and the rear hatch hinge broke on one side.
Great vehicle..had on in Germany back in the 70s...then I got a notch back..both of them were fantastic..went to UK and back to Germany many times...one day the notch back managed to drop a valve in Belgium...got it towed back to Germany and got another engine from the breakers for DM 150...best thing about them both had an electric heater fitted with a timer so you could go out to a nice warm car in the winter..👍👍
Congratulations ! You have a very fine car.............Ahh the simpler times before seats came with head-rests.
Oh the memories. My first VW back in 69=70 high school days was a 64 Squareback. It was a lot of fun. I wasn't very good at mechanics yet and it eventually pooped out. From what I remember it was in pretty good shape body/interior wise. I sure wouldn't mind having another one now but I still need to get my 72 Super Beetle put back together and on the road. Enjoy that Squareback.
Learned to drive in one of those, great car, enjoy.
Posting here from the UK.
Great vid! Thank you for not adding any music!
What a wonderful wagon!