Magazine title: VolksWorld

One interesting characteristic of tin Volkswagen toys from the vintage era of 1938 through the 1950s is that most of them do not represent the true silhouette of the famous Beetle shape. This is due to the fact that the Volkswagen body design and shape has negative contours that is hard to stamp out of a single tin plate sheet of metal.

© 2013 Vintage VW Models. All Rights Reserved.