Even rusted out they go for more than they should (on samba).
The squareback could be had IIRC in both type3 and type4 body-styles.

I think the engines were all called by the way the fan sat? (I'm probably
wrong)

That's all this not-so-old-timer remembers.

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> I don't personally know much about the square back.  I do know that my
> brother had one on his rental lot back in the early nineties.  The engine
> was shot, oil went through like a dose of salts, squirting out every
> possible point.  He sold it to a couple of guys from California for way
> more than any old vehicle should bring, and they acted overjoyed to get it.
>  mcneely
>
> ---- Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> > It is still Frydae here on the east coast of the USA, and I am curious
> about the old VW that was called the square back.  It was sort of a VW
> station wagon.
>
> I had one for a very short time back in the late 70's.  Too short a time
> to really get to know it, as I plowed into a stopped car and totaled it on
> the second day I owned it.   My brain was all about a plane ticket to visit
> a girl in Boston, and my foot was on the gas.
>
> Anyway, what did VW call the engine in those cars? What was the
> configuration of the engine, and what sort of fuel economy did it achieve?
>
> It seems to me that if one of these in decent shape could be had today, it
> might be a good, economical, easy to work on "around town" car for running
> errands and carrying various household goods.
>
> What do the VW old timers think?
>
> Thanks, Anthony
>
> --
> David McNeely
>