Letterpress printing was on its way out in the 1960s, replaced by offset printing for most commercial jobs by the end of the decade, so it's a little unusual to find a cut of a '60s car. This one was probably used in a newspaper advertisement. It's an early '62 or '63 model and "VW 1500 1964" is handwritten on the back of the block.
I know of someone who has a letterpress so I might have to print up some cards. For the time being it can keep company with a old cut of a Bernd Reuters split window that I found years ago.
Thanks Steve!
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Is there any chance you ever printed the beetle cut. I'd like to have a similar one made. Love the old VW lettepress cuts.
I haven't printed with these cuts yet but if/when I do I'll post the results here!
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