Lefty - Letterpress Block

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A good friend of mine gave me a gift last week. It is a letterpress block of a "lefty" 
So cool and a rare find!

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tumbleweed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 31 Jan. 2011 Location: Bedford, Texas Status: Offline Points: 654	Post Options Post Reply Quote tumbleweed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Lefty - Letterpress Block Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 1:38pm
	A good friend of mine gave me a gift last week. It is a letterpress block of a "lefty" So cool and a rare find!
	49 CJ3A - Smokey 53 Willys Wagon - Wylie

RICKG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 08 Jan. 2015 Location: so idaho Status: Offline Points: 1941	Post Options Post Reply Quote RICKG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 1:47pm
	That IS cool George. Take a closer look, being a press block what you're seeing is a mirror image of the stamp. Don't think it's a lefty, see the steering wheel placement. Very cool non-the-less.
	I never met a mule I didn't like! MC51986 "OD MULE" DOD 01-52 '50 CJ3A "Bucksnort". Keep 'em Rollin'

rocnroll Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member Joined: 20 July 2005 Location: Tuscumbia, AL Status: Offline Points: 13583	Post Options Post Reply Quote rocnroll Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 2:33pm
	Rick's right.....get you an ink pad and start stamping. Brown paper and an ink pad or two and you could make some Jeepin' wrapping paper. It's cool
	'47 CJ2A PU '48 CJ2A Lefty "Common sense is not that common"

SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member x 3 Joined: 22 Jan. 2016 Location: S.E. Kansas Status: Offline Points: 3190	Post Options Post Reply Quote SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 4:15pm
	Everything in letter press printing is reversed, so this isn't a "lefty", but it is a very cool old advertising "cut" used for Jeep advertising a newspaper at some point. Neat find...thanks for sharing.
	46 CJ-2A #64462 "Ol' Red" (bought April 1969)(second owner)(12 V, 11" brakes, M-38 frame, MD Juan tub) U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer(ret.) U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and damned proud of it.

tumbleweed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 31 Jan. 2011 Location: Bedford, Texas Status: Offline Points: 654	Post Options Post Reply Quote tumbleweed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 5:43pm
	sdrawkcab you say! Dang I should have caught that! I like the idea of wrapping paper rocnroll. I think I'll find a pad tonight and do a little testing. Glad you enjoyed viewing though..... Tumbleweed
	49 CJ3A - Smokey 53 Willys Wagon - Wylie

WeeWilly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member x 2 Joined: 07 May 2009 Location: Clayton IN Status: Offline Points: 3423	Post Options Post Reply Quote WeeWilly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 7:08pm
	Is that stamp made of copper with a wood block attached to it? I have one that is a cj2a with a business man standing by the jeep that is made of copper and wood. Jim
	47 CJ2A (Ranch Hand) 48 CJ2A, 48 Willys truck, T3C 3782, M274 (Military Mule)

tumbleweed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 31 Jan. 2011 Location: Bedford, Texas Status: Offline Points: 654	Post Options Post Reply Quote tumbleweed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 8:09pm
	Hey Jim, It is metallic over the wood but I'm not sure of the material. I will clean it up tonight to see if I can tell.
	49 CJ3A - Smokey 53 Willys Wagon - Wylie

RICKG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 08 Jan. 2015 Location: so idaho Status: Offline Points: 1941	Post Options Post Reply Quote RICKG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 8:19pm
	Send it to me, George, I'll clean it up for ya..
	I never met a mule I didn't like! MC51986 "OD MULE" DOD 01-52 '50 CJ3A "Bucksnort". Keep 'em Rollin'

ricco Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member x 2 Joined: 09 Apr. 2007 Location: Olathe, Kansas Status: Offline Points: 1414	Post Options Post Reply Quote ricco Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Oct. 2017 at 8:27pm
	Very nice! I can't turn it into wrapping paper, but if you want me to make you some pads, envelopes, letterhead, note cards etc...let me know. That will print fine on my windmill.
	She can dance a cajun rhythm....jump like a Willy's in four wheel drive...("Sugar Magnolia") '48 CJ2A #204845 "Lumpy"