[TartanJack]

Especially interesting is the headlight shape:

 

[Geezer]

Reminds me of an updated version of a 1930's vintage Helms Bakery truck. Drop the roofline...stretch the nose....

 

[TartanJack]

For me, it is the details . . .
The curve of the front nose corners, the the "box" around the upper and lower grills (though, it has a bit of an extended jaw), the shape of the headlights (except their turn signal is our main light and their headlight is our "brights" and turn signal).
The similarity is striking.
Though the UPS truck has a higher roof above the windshield line.

I gave gotten a number of "1/55" scale diecast UPS trucks that I am painting like my xB.

(The Blackberry Crush looks even more like it. Though in some lights it looks more purple.)

 

[TartanJack]

The classic streamline diesel-electric locomotives:

 

[TartanJack]

The Republic Gunship (LAAT)

 

[TartanJack]

 

[TartanJack]

 

[TartanJack]

 

[TartanJack]

They used a HECK of a lot of stepvans for delivery, but I don't see picts of them.
(Why I use the REA Express logo as an avatar . . . )

 

[TartanJack]

 

[TartanJack]

 

[yanges]

 

[boblamb58]

My second Beetle. Yep, that's me. circa 1980

 

[TartanJack]

 

[eviljack]

I have to say that coca-cola one is pretty damn close to the Gen2 xB. Now if we could get a panel van version in red I would so do that.

 

[TartanJack]

For a Coca-Cola truck . . .
I'd use yellow as a body colour. That used to be the standard Coca-Cola standard hue. Well, yellow with red trim. It was that way until the mid 1960s.

http://www.cocacolaclub.org/news_coca-cola_delivery_truck.shtml

 

[eviljack]

Yes but I wanted to copy the coca-cola toy truck you posted up.

 

[TartanJack]

Gold with metallic red trim would look pretty NICE!
(Like a vintage restoro-custom Coca-Cola truck!)

 

[boostedegos]

 

[TartanJack]

An RS 5.0 . . .
VERY cool!!!