German advertisers of the 1950s turned the Volkswagen Transporter into some of the best rolling marketing art ever. Enjoy this huge gallery of company-logo-ized German Transporters, courtesy of TheSamba.com.
TheSamba via The MoOM Annex
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Tagged as 1950s, advertising, transporter, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Bus, Volkswagen Transporter, Volkswagen Type 2, VW
Tagged as 1950s, advertising, transporter, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Bus, Volkswagen Transporter, Volkswagen Type 2, VW
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The “Beetle Board” event of when within the USA?
Hmmm…. late 1960s, 1970s?
Whenever, it was nifty.
Addendum: Googled. Here; http://www.kevmania.com/?p=186
My favorite (so far) is the butcher shop on wheels. Perhaps I could open a shop like that? That gives me an idea: make deep fried food in a Dodge Sprinter diesel, and at the end of the day, pour the old veg oil into the fuel tank and drive home!
Hell, why go to the trouble of pouring it in when you can cook in-place?
“Hey, man, you got my hot dog yet?”
“It’ll be just another minute. It’s still in the gas tank.”
There’s a perfectly good coffee table book in those pictures.
I’ve wanted to `art car’ my slab-sided Vanagon for quite some time. I don’t want to get caught up in the undying retro fashion and I don’t care to be sued for product trademark infringement … what to do ?
I hear this sort of styling translates well to early Dodge Vans….
+ 1 … as in a recent Target teevee spot ?