Description
VW Bug – Black and white 10″ x 13″ ad that shows you “How to tell the year of a Volkswagen“. There a series of pictures that show the very slight changes made each year, changes that weren’t designed to make it look different, only to make it work better. It shows that from 1952 to 1955 the only changes were to unsplit the rear window, install front window vents and putting on directional signals. In 1956 they went with twin exhausts and an oval rear window and there was no visible change in 1957. In 1958 they made the rear window bigger and in 1959 the door handles were changed from the pull type to the push-button type. In 1960 there was only a small change to the front medallion, in 1961 a windshield washer nozzle became standard on the hood and in 1962 there were two changes made. Bigger tail lights were installed and a gas gauge was installed on the dashboard. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
Source: November 10, 1961 Life magazine & & November 18, 1961 Saturday Evening Post.
