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CWAVE
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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:17 am Post subject: Think Small ... Seen this before? |
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Digging through albums and such looking for information on an old 50's Vert that my dad owned, I came across this book that he had given me when I was a child.
It's called "think small", and it's a cartoon book put out by Volkswagen that my dad got from the dealership back in the day. It's (c) 1967, so I'm throwing this up in this forum...
Pretty fun to look through it again, lots of great VW comics.
Wondering if anyone has seen this before.
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Dauz
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No. But their Ad campaign is well known:
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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There have been a couple offered in the classifieds.
I though it was listed in the Literature section but I didn't finds it with a quick search. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Think Small ... Seen this before? |
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| CWAVE wrote: |
| Wondering if anyone has seen this before. |
I saw it in the 1970s.
I saw it in the 1980s.
I saw it in the 1990s.
I saw it in the 2000s.
I have a copy.
Basically, when it comes to old VWs, any queries with wording "has anyone" and similar: yes, someone has tried it already !!! yes, someone has done it already !!!
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draginwagen
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I just bought one of ebay for $3. I put it in my glove box and actually a few people have read it while I was driving.
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Yeah, that book is or should be in just about every one's collection at this point. I've got probably 5 or 6 myself.
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I think they were given away with new VWs in 1967.
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I got mine from an ex employee of Stateside Motors, where my 58 was sold new!!
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| Blue Baron wrote: |
| I think they were given away with new VWs in 1967. |
They are so common I wonder if at least some dealerships gave them away like brochures.
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I have a copy too... But just one. 
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It's the ONE book I didn't have in my collection...until this thread. Now one is in the mail to me. 
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| It's the ONE book I didn't have in my collection...until this thread. Now one is in the mail to me. |
I've never even seen one in person.. only here on the samba..
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| I have two laying around somewhere in my attic. Bought one at a show back in 98 and was given the other by a co-worker around the same time. |
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I saw two for sale at an antique mall about ten years ago but didn't have any money at the time.
So I just ordered one when I saw this topic. Wish I had the '67 VW that this book came with instead. |
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