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Date:         Fri, 05 Jan 96 14:37 CDT
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From:         Joel Danke <JDANKE@macc.wisc.edu>
Subject:      Re: Trinkets (T-shirts) + VW ads

The postings related to VW ads and the T-shirt posting sparked my memory
of a Xmas gift I had made for my older sister a few years back. Both of
our first cars were Bugs (hers = rebuild by pop, w/new floors & bright
yellow paint; mine=$125 wonder w/no floors & "Butch Lankford" stenciled
on the roof), though only I have remained faithful to VW.

 
But she loved her bug, and when I saw the VW ad I got the idea to make a
T-shirt from it.

 
The ad was a multi-page insert in Newsweek, or some similar mag. The front
page was white with a small (1" diameter) VW logo and the caption "If this
makes you think small, think again." Then, there were ads for, I dunno, GTIs
or something. The back cover of the insert had a large (8" ?) logo, and the
caption "Now what do you think of Volkswagen?"

 
I had the small logo & caption printed as a crest on the front of the T-shirt,
and the large logo printed on the back. Logo = blue, caption = black ink.
It was pretty cheap, but the shirt looked pretty legit.

 
The shirt/ad makes even more sense to those of us who drive our super-roomy
busses. Maybe replace the rear ad with a picture of your own steed...

 

 
Joel D.
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