

| Subject: | Re: "Wesfakia" logo? |
| From: | Rocket J Squirrel |
| Date: | Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:27:07 -0700 |
Hi Roger,
Fine-looking little trailer!
Do I see in the reflection on the rear of your van that your westrailia
also has the plastic chrome VW logo on its front?
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
On 9/16/2009 3:18 AM Roger VanTill wrote:
> Here's my WESTRAILIA. Built it a few years ago.
>
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/304235.jpg
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks all for the great suggestions!
>>
>> As Greg Potts suggested, the free continuum font is a pretty good match
>> for the hand-done westfalia logo font, but the W and A are different. Greg
>> was kind enough to p-mail his logo files as .eps and .ai which contained
>> the special versions. In Adobe Illustrator I combined his nice W and A
>> into " ESTR ILI " to create "WESTRAILIA", scaled it to the right size,
>> converted the fonts to outlines and emailed it to a local sign shop to be
>> made into stencil-cut vinyl letters. Sticky-back, for exterior use, matte
>> black. The sign will be done tomorrow. Will post photo soonest.
>>
>> Creating artwork: 90 minutes
>> Custom vinyl sign: $19
>> Look on people's faces when they see this clever play on words: Pretty
>> much still about $19
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
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