12V and M610 Stencils on my 1967 Beetle engine tin

[harrymarlin]

I created this post to give information about stenciling my engine tin.

Before doing a repaint of my original 1967 Beetle 1500cc engine tin/shroud, I decided I wanted to make sure the original stencil prints weren't lost. To do that, I enlisted the aid of Etsy artist and stencil creator, GlassyWitch ( Katherine Johnson: https://www.etsy.com/people/programmed2win ). She did a great job creating a reusable stencil for the 12V and several single use stencils for the M610 (had to be single use because of the "0" and "O".

GlassyWitch was very responsive and quickly mocked up the stencils for a very good price. She was the first one of the folks I contacted who said they could do the small "W5" (some of the stencil makers couldn't make such a small stencil - she had no problem).

Interestingly, I was looking through the 1100 font "families" on Adobe's website for a match for M610 font, and, although I only looked through about 40% of them, the one I found which matched the closest was called DIN. Afterwards, I did a little googling, and found the following information which makes me think this probably *is* the font used by VW for those stencils:
"It was defined by the German standards body DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardization), pronounced as "Din", in the standard sheet DIN 1451-Schriften (typefaces) in 1931.Similar standards existed for stencilled letters. Originally designed for industrial uses, the first DIN-type fonts were a simplified design that could be applied with limited technical difficulty. Due to the design's legibility and uncomplicated, unadorned design, it has become popular for general purpose use in signage and display adaptations. Many adaptations and expansions of the original design have been released digitally"

I don't believe GlassyWitch made the 12V in DIN, however the M610 may have been. I already had the proper sized square for the 12V, so I only asked her to do the 12V and W5 (without the square), although I'm sure she would have been happy to create to create the entire 12V W5 square stencil if I had provided her the sizes (The use of the stencil wasn't the best, 12V should be directly in middle of the square, but we didn't place everything quite right).

If you are looking for good looking stencils, GlassyWitch has them already made (if you want the full 12V stencil, you will need the measurement of the box), she is very responsive, and very easy to work with for all of your stenciling needs. It was kind of fun, and turned out so much better than me trying to stencil (or paint) them myself!

Here is the original 12V stencil on my generator cover

Here is the original M610 stencil (this was, strangely, on the back of my fan shroud)

Here are the 12V stencils GlassyWitch created for me (she gave me a couple of options)

Here are the M610 stencils GlassyWitch created for me (note, these had to be one off stencils because of the space in center of the "0" and "O" which would not be painted.)

Here is the final 12V stencil painted on my generator cover

Here is the final M610 stencil painted on the back of my fan shroud.

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-Harry
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[bluebus86]

nice!

What is the M610 wording for?

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[harrymarlin]

[veedubcrazy]

M610 is designation for 12 volts.
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