What a great little car - I was just finishing college in 1984 and dead broke. I bought a VW Fastback with a great body and interior but the engine was in 3 boxes - cost $400. With the help of my dad (a master mechanic) got it fully rebuilt and it ran like a bat out of hell - mine had dual carbs. If I had some sort of problem I could drop the engine at 8AM on a weekend and have it back running by noon.

Nothing better then a Sunday morning with a cup of coffee and a Mustie video involving an old VW!

I have a friend who's retired. He moved from new orleans after hurricane katrina. A pure VW fanatic. Built a 2 car garage in back and spends his time buying unuasual cars and either restoring them or building hot rods, rat rods, etc. He has put boat hulls on VW pans, put a beetle body on a custom S-10 frame with a 350 LS in the front. Once put a 1960 rambler american body on a modifed S-10 frame, tubbef it and dropped a 350 in it. Built several VW baja beetles, etc. I learned a lot about VW's from him as Im learning alot from you. Please keep on doing what you do, its been a great ride along. lol....

Love your personality and disposition. Despite the difficulties and the car's reluctance to start, you're still so cheerful.

That’s a wonderful sound when the engine starts to catch then runs - before spluttering to a stop. The tin worm has clearly run rampant through some panels there, but this is a lovely desirable old fastback worth restoring.

Mustie1, I appreciate how you start to do something on a project and you bring the camera in so we can see what it is that you are doing or talking about . Weather it be with this VW or with the tractor snow blower. And small engine repair. I just wanted to thank you for how you bring us along even to some of your yard sales or auction finds . Keep up the great work , wish I could have been following you a couple years back , but , better late then never . Thanks again

My grandfather had one just like this, bought new in '68. Gave it to me for a H.S. graduation present in '79. He had problems with the Fuel Injection system, although it worked fine for me from '79 - '85 when I parked it. Sold mine non-running in New York in '97, wish I had kept it!!

I could sit and watch you fiddle about with old engines all day and night if i had the time . so so satisfying to see them given a second chance of another life ,

Brings back childhood memories, when dad had one. TL Fastback is my favorite VW.

"Hubcap is looking a little thin" *Hubcap destroys pry bar* LOL

Nice video. My father was a VW mechanic from the early sixties and still works at the same company (no longer as a mechanic). We had one of these it was a van, my grandfather had a saloon. It's basicly the same car as the Beetle and de Bus. Automatics are very rare in Europe. Nice car. Hope you get it on the road again.

Love the videos! Great watching these old beasts come back to life. Thanks for posting these up.

Love your videos, love messing with engines and vehicles myself, such an inspiration to the younger generations. You try absolutely everything to diagnose.. and specifically older engines, ones like this.. sat for some time and you soon get it chugging again aha. Keep it up love the content 👌🏼👍🏼

You have the magic touch, love these style of video's so interesting to watch keep up the great content and thank you.

Hey Mustie....you are amazing the way you turn a hopeless looking project car into a car you can still drive. I had one of these fastbacks years ago. I really enjoy your videos Thank you.....Doug

At 18:30 I was talking to the computer monitor "go, go go" lol, and sure enough...it came to life. Nice work. Thanks for sharing. Thoroughly enjoy your channel! -A

CONGRATULATIONS Mustie 1 on the 70K, I've been a subscriber since 32K ( not that long ago ) always enjoyed your videos. 👍

this is great. i recently bought a toga white 69 fastback, sitting in the woods since '82. unfortunately the PO removed the FI and replaced it with dual carbs because he couldn't get it to run.. hope you persevere. good start would be cleaning all the contacts. really looking forward to the next instalment!

Darren, you do a great job of getting good camera angles for us viewers. Thank you.

Great video! You had my guts rotating when trying to start that VW. My parents when living in West Germany bought a new Type 3 Variant (Station wagon) back in 1974 one of the last ones before the 411 was introduced so I think at a discounted price. I remember the old days (1980's) when playing around with old VW Beetles or Triumph Heralds or Toledos. Long gone are they! Happy with my 2017 diesel Citroen Berlingo now. Never needs refilling!

Nothing gets me more pumped than watching/getting an old engine to start after many years....I just f¿€king love it

Oh yes! another Mustie1 video, I've been waiting all afternoon to catch up on this one :) looking forward to seeing the part 2 ;)

My hubby had one of these. We love your videos! I'm addicted to them! 😁🇺🇸

I had a white 1967 and I really loved that car.

These cars & the Beetle once FULLY RESTORED & the engine has had a FULL service are a FANTASTIC little car. There is a few classic car club around the world that specialises in these & the Beetle. PERSONALLY I would rather have one of these or the Beetle than any other car ANYDAY!!! ( Pre 1970) If there was one I could afford in PERFECT CONDITION 😮 it can be expensive! & Sadly I haven't got deep enough pockets 😱😮

My parents had one, it was on its second year when while on a mountain road may sister (about 5 and 9 at the time) and I engaged in a fighting contest, and my mother swung her arm around to do a double pop. Unfortunately, her arm his the wheel, we went up the embankment and rolled the car over. I believe that ended the fight immediately. My uncle drove up with his jeep, flipped the car over, and drove it back to town.

I perfectly remember there was one of these Volkswagen Fastback parked on a sidewalk back in the mid 2000s when I was little and I saw it every day when I went to kindergarten. It was a dark blue colour and had a flat tire, it sat there for years rusting away and the color getting paler and paler, thing is it really looked like a car that could still work with a bit of proper maintance. I really wonder what happened to that car, was probably taken somewhere to be dismembred, such a shame there was no one to restore it and save it, you did a really great job with this car! These cars are pieces of history and should be preserved! I did not know what model that was until seeing this video, I only remember seeing the Volkswagen logo on the wheels. Congratulations on your restoration of this car!

Great car and much anticipated and used by my wife's parents here in Germany.

Compared to others you have brought home, this one is almost in mint condition... ☺ Nice one, thx for sharing.

Hello this whas my first Car in the 70's.The Name from this VW in Germany is "Variant". When is see this Car then i remember me back to a very good Time...... See all your very good Vids Mustie very nice what u do. Regards from Germany ...Ernie

Great looking little cars! I remember seeing them everywhere growing up, they were considered a step up from the Beetle.

Just want you know that I love hanging out with you in your garage. As long as you are fixing up old stuff, I'll continue watching. Whether it's Veedubs, old bikes, generators, outboards or whatever. Keep up the good work :-)

I always learn so much by watching your vid, Darren. I had no idea any of the VWs from this era were FI. Of course, before I started watching this channel, I knew almost nothing about VWs in general. LOL. Thanks for the knowledge. :)

Hi Mustie I been watching for years love your vids i have vdubs and love restoring them .but that is my dream vdub a fastback. Here in England most are rotted or just to expensive so looking forward to this one.

I really enjoy your videos, Thank You, I'm from the UK and would happily lose a bollock for some of the stuff you pick up 😀 awesome

Good restore project . You inspired me a lot I will have a channel soon making cool projects and making cool things run again . Recently I pulled a vintage Japanese 2 stroke front mount friction drive engine . Last night I took it down cleaned the condenser and adjusted the points and plug and got a nice hot spark . The carb will be taken down today and cleaned and this prom night dumpster baby is going to be running again

Thats a cool VW !!! I'd like to have one of those

LOVED this car when I had one 40-odd years ago - kept breaking the injector hold-downs until I found out I needed that metal plate on top of the plastic part!

The amount of stuff you have is...awesome. That a lot of it works? Priceless. Great videos, please keep it up

Loved the video. Looking forward to the next installment, and keep them coming!

The fastback has to be my favorite.

I love the fact that you can poses a car in the US for longer periods without any problems. Here in the Netherlands you have to store it somewhere, because a car must me insured, registered and periodically go through vehicle inspection for it to be allowed on the public road. This way a lot of older cars go to the scrap heap, because people just can't hold on to it... It's a shame because a lot of those cars nowadays are really popular.

I’ve got a 66 I just go running after sitting since the early 90’s! Gotta love a Fasty! Look forward 2 the vids on this one!

I had a 1969 Squareback which is identical except for sheet metal and associated glass. While it's been many years since I had it, I still miss it. I've got a very good memory and I do remember some of the quirks of this mechanical fuel injection and some of the common problems. I'm also relatively local in Massachusetts and when I get back in town would be happy to help play with it!

If I go to your shop, I’m definitely bringing my own coffee.

I don't know how you get or find these cars but you make them work. I love vws and they consume all of my time, but you make it look so easy. I have watched Alot of your videos. I have never even seen you upset

In 1973 I drove my '66 VW fastback from Haverhill, MA to New Orleans until she threw a bearing and I wasn't in a position to have her fixed...loved that car!! Peace

This fastback is amazing, there's only a few of them here in my coutry, greetings from Querétaro México

Love your VW videos

I noticed you always have issues with batteries. I had the same problem until I bought a maintainer. In the winter months I put all my unused batteries in a corner and alternate the maintainer to a different battery every 2 weeks and in the spring they're fresh and ready to go. You can put a battery box and a solar powered maintainer on your trailer too. I've been using a Schumacher XM1-5 Maintainer, 1.5-Amp $20.00 at Walmart, had it for years.

My first car! Love those fastbacks. I had nothing but trouble with the fuel injection on that car, but the local VW shop had a Weber carb kit that replaced it. Expensive for a high school kid, but very reliable afterward.

Very enjoyable to watch.. Thanks for making it😊 I love this body type! My mother had one when I was a kid.

My first car was a 1968 VW fastback with factory AC. I bought it for $800 in 1972 or 73. It only had 20,000 miles. Great car.

Never stop makng will it run videos ;)

Yes it will run but it will also need some repairs. Cool vehicle that has a future now instead of only a past! thanks for saving, dragging home and sharing with us all!

Good stuff Bud!! I never owned any Fastbacks or Squareback, did have a 411 and 412 though!!☺

that actually is a sweet little car, yeah, now it's a rust bucket, but it could be fixed for sure...you running the gas through the line reminded me of when my hubby was running the gas through the yamaha.....lol...ours came out like that too, like tea, hence the cleaning the gas tank & getting rid of rust & coating the inside....So glad you did get it to kick over tho, i was rooting for you & the car engine!!!

I used to own one of these when I was much younger. I thought it was a very nice car.

another great episode Mustie, your'e really putting the car back in reencarnation !!again thanks for sharing

Hi buddy from the isle of Wight, England. Youre vids are the tops thanks bud. Now I had one of those beauts way back in 1976, it was I believe a k reg being 1973. Luved the old peoples car except for the mechancomical heater blowers which sucked instead of blowing, couldn't de-mist orde-frost the screens, other than that it was great 0 to 60 in 13 minutes with a top speed of 70 downhill in the slipstrem of a massive truck, we call them articulated lorries here but the fifth wheels are the same. Never had a beetle but did have a i600cc bus like your red ones. Keep em coming bud, your a genius with your hands. I,m an engineer myself, heating and plumbing kind., retired now at 71.

I hope you decide to get the old fuel injection working; I am not familar with the early aircooled injection systems and it would be interesting, to understand how it works and see you get it fixed! I vote for FI! :)

That's a sad fastback but it's still a very pretty car having the early styling with the small bumpers and the round front indicators/turn signals/side lights. My dad had a later (early '70s) Type 3 Variant (station wagon,) it was a very cheap car when he bought it as it was just intended to provide cheap stop-gap transport while his Rover was in pieces but it was utterly reliable and lasted far longer than anyone expected that cheap a car to last. It sat in the garage for several years after he died and was eventually hauled off for scrap or parts. Not as pretty having the big square bumpers and the wrap around front indicators, and the black basket weave vinyl seats could be murder on a sunny day but it was much, much more comfortable and much more quiet than a Beetle and it went really well for such a low power engine. I've always fancied having a Type 3 but they're very rare in the UK now and anything worth having is in the £10,000 area so I doubt it will ever happen but they've still got a big place in my heart and I love seeing them. Massively under-appreciated cars and really very good...

Love fastbacks and squarebacks! Keep up the Good work of saving precious metal!

One of many cars I HAVE to own one day. Thanks for making a video on it.

Love the type 311. Pancake engine fuel injection. 411 was a Awesome care too. And 412.

I had a 70' that I got in MINT condition back in college. Paid $1500 and drove it everywhere.

Had one of these late 70’s. Awesome car in the day , quite quick if I remember correctly! Voltage control box and main battery under rear seat could be a pain , only part I had any probs with. ',!👍🇬🇧 Keep up the great vids ! V

thanks for dredging up old memories of my first car. wow. I would own another in a heart beat.

Whatever, owned one and it ran 300.000 km without big problems. Maybe one of the best Volkswagens ever made!

I had a number of VWs over the years. My first car was a 1964 VW1500 wagon (square back) which I spent a lot on in accessories. One of the annoying things was the Solex side draft carby which always seemed to develop a flat spot. Later models came out with twins that solved the problem. I improved the handling considerably by fitting a compensating spring across the rear swing axles. I was probably the first in my town to fit a set of extractors and enjoyed people looking at me and not hearing the "chaff cutter" sound as I drove past, and instead heard what they thought was an MG-B. When on a 3 year working holiday in Europe I owned a 1600 Fastback (twin carb). I suppose I could write a book about the trials & tribulations of owning Volkswagens :)

I'm glad your fixing the fastback. I feel not many ppl gave a lot of love to the fastbacks or karman gihias. I just see pretty much beetles, vans and trucks. Glad you got her started :D

this is Blaupunkt radio! I have one Blaupunkt, from 196??, and 30 years ago, when i was a young boy, a kid, put him in the garage, connect to transformer 220 v ac- 12v dc, connect 2 speakers (it's mono) and old Blaupunkt became a home radio, working and playing today!

Not a terrible candidate for a restore.

true mechanic. "lets get a better prybar" *grabs flatehead screwdriver* i always say my snap on screwdrivers -best prybars ever made

It lives!!, Almost. Nice vid. Thanks for sharing. Steve,

I'm sure it 'll start very soon,you did so well to get it turning over... Good to put at least 1 gallon of fuel in it... The engine will be running away very soon.... Thanks for sharing....

Pull dist. Set of trigger points in lower part of dist. They fire the injectors..Two screws mount the point set. It is dual point..

I swear as that engine's cranking I can hear it saying "I think I can! I think I can!"

Nice! I like the type 3! I have owned 6 or 7 of them. Great find Mustie1!

I've seen some rusty cars in my life, but never one you could actually blow a hole in and see clean through the muffler. That thing is a proper toilet. Massive props if you ever manage to bring this one back.

Mustie, I had a type3 fuelie that quit running on me. After towing it in, the garage found a 2nd set of points for the F.I. located under the ignition points. Had to pull the dist out and apart to replace. It was $4 in parts and around $150 towing and shop time.

They just seemed so happy in the dust, no you can't have a go LOL :-D You just had to keep going untill it started, it's expected LOL :-D I can't see the injection pcb being anything over complex, but as you said, carbs bypass that problem, it will work :-D :-D

Great find. I was just thinking about one of these and the little square back.

wow, I love to see this restored. I like your patience.

very cool car

Awesome score Mustie! Please tell me you're gonna do a series of repair on this one....

Nice. My dad was a rural mail carrier and had about a half dozen Squarebacks over the years. I came home from the hospital in a dark blue '66. He had his share of runarounds with the FI on the later cars, one in particular. Had it back to Kip and Joe's in Gilford many times and they never could fix it. Beating the computer with a double-fisted screwdriver usually did the trick to get it going again.

Had a ' 70 in 1970. Amazing little car. I recall not so good heat..lol. But Fon memories. Thank you

I'd check the capacitors in the computer!!does it have the second set of points for the injection computer lower down the distributer if its an old bosh system it uses that as the pick up

10:00 did you put oil in the cylinders, before you crank the engine?

Nice find!I owned and drove a 1964 type 3 Notchback. I sold it in 1999 in Indiana. I think it now is in Oregon. The Notch was not imported to the U.S. Mine had been a Canadian car.

I learnt to drive in my mother's 1968 VW fastback. It was the same colour and was a wonderful car to drive.

Nice project. It reminds me of the movie 'Sleeper' where Woody Allen wakes up 200 years in the future. At one point he and Diane Keaton find an old VW Bug in a cave. Wood reaches in and turns the key and it starts right up!

Mustie, I'm digging on the "moment of Zen" close-out scenes.

Amazing how, with a bit of persuasion these old cars just fire up like that. It sounded like a good runner too. My Uncle had one but had to sell it because his wife at the time didn't like the pedals that sprouted from the floor. My dad had a Beetle and always wanted an upgrade to a T3! Very very rare in the UK now. I'll have to make do with my toy one!

Awseome, I grew up around VW buses and bugs I move always wanted a Ghia like your red one but this Fast back is so cool..

It's rusty but may still have potential for a restoration.

Wow, saxomat transmission, rare!

This is a wonderful car! When I was a young Boy I loved the 1600s/"Typ3".In these days (early seventies) here in Germany there were much more "Käfer" (Beetles/Bugs) on the roads than these 1600´s. Especially the TLs weren´t seen too often, as much as I remember. It would be wonderful to see this car being restored. I hope you will find the rest of the car being worth a restauration. But I also know that rust was these car´s biggest enemy- so I keep fingers crossed!

I had a fastback in the late 70’s. Fun to drive and very reliable. BUT, an absolute terror to drive on a wet road.