Having someone like Mike Noun (or that kink) as a backup is nice;
But garage sale season is upon us, and I am thinking of looking for a different typewriter - and still doing it without the complication of computer printed fonts...
I am starting to think that I might be best served with a typewriter that's nearly two decades newer than this one to get more "generic" fonts - then taking it a step further by finding one with a dedicated "1"...
It appears to me, from my cursory searching, that the cursive effect (if that's what we might call the variations in typewriter fonts) went away as computers were becoming the norm;
I'd think that in the summer of 1970 at the Norwood plant, odds are someone was at an electric typewriter, manually filling in these decals one at a time;
To me, this would also explain the variation in date and vin location on the sticker;
If this was some sort of an automated process, there should be virtually no variation in location of information on the decal.
@Dennis - thanks for the example.
Yours perfectly matches my June 1971 Norwood example.
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1970 Formula 400
Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior
A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car.
Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left.
1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing)
2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs)
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