Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Theme : Volkswagen Beetle - 18d

It has been ages since I posted other items then stamps, coins or banknotes.
Quite logical if you know the site is about those things.
However, since I'm in love with Volkswagen Beetles, I made an exception for some collectibles that are sidekicks of my collection.

For the magnet lovers, check previous posts on Volkswagen, to see the other items I posted.

A couple of days ago I found another magnet from the set I had so far.
The magnet is the last one so far : 1954
(the others are : '33 - '36 - '37 - '38 - '39 - '44 - '45 - '46 - '47 - '48 - '49 - '50 - '51 and 52)

The 1954 magnet shows a Volkswagen Beetle 1200.
Magnet 1954 Volkswagen Beetle 1200
On the WWW I found the picture of the car that was used for this magnet:
Pic of the Volkswagen Beetle 1200
Back in 1954, amost 1.000.000 Volkswagen Beetle cars were sold already.
A couple of months later, on August 6, 1955, they reached the landmark of 1 million cars.
This amount would be repeated 20 times more, as in total over 21 (!) million Beetles were produced.

1 millionth Volkswagen Beetle in 1955
Hopefully I can continue this set of magnets ...

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