November 24, 2009

Vanity

I'm not a big VW bus fan, but when I came across these illustrations from an original dealer's book, showcasing a bunch of "shop vans," I became one. I'll admit I'm more into the hand-painted type, colors and layouts more than the shape of the vehicle itself, but non the less, these are pretty rad to look at. Cartype is a great site devoted to anything having to do with the automobile industry and it's typography. Go get on it.
























7 comments:

The Ross Sea Party said...

Nice! I'd cruise that North Pole Smokes bus.

houseofoneculture said...

I *LOVE* old VW vans....it's one of my dream vehicles, along with the 66'/67' SS Chevelle. Yeah, buddy!!

And thanks for sharing the "Cartype" website--I've bookmarked it!

kati said...

love that frank & burger rolls, the sitzmobel and the chanel bus. how funny :)

corkgrips said...

aaaawesome

Richard said...

I owned a later one, 1972 camper. That I missed. Virtually lived in it!
Love them all!

Inspiration Resource said...

Do I hate the chanel van or love the chanel van? I'm freaking out.

Martin Henriksson said...

Nice buses! Check out my website about vintage Volkswagen buses and bugs: www.meanbugs.com

Rock on!

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