Okay so we've headed down the VW rabbit hole so I went out to the garage to dig up the box with my VWs. I have one of those MPC Fundemensions Great Northern 3 level car carriers and was always looking for some cars for a load. I tried some of those plastic Dimestore Dreams cars but they were too big. One day I came across some Hot Wheels Extreme? cars at a LHS that were going cheap and they would definitely g with O gauge trains. Among them were some Volkswagens which looked like they may fit on that car carrier. I took them home tried them out and they fit perfectly.
So we have two '58 Panel Bus and a '52 split window Beatle. They sat on the top level. The middle level had the two red '69 Variants (station wagons)and the white '52 Karmann Ghia, the bottom level had the two white '69 Fast Backs and the black '52 Karmann Ghia. As I said, they fit perfectly and the Big Sky Blue car looked fantastic. I couldn't figure out how to separate the levels without damage so securing the cars was tricky. I used wax meant to hold candles in place and it worked fine as long as the car remained upright. The ultimate problem became weight and center of gravity. The car definitely didn't like high speed 0-27 curves. So today the car is empty and I guess I'll have to have a VW dealership in town.
TomlinsonRun RR, I don't know if these Ghias are actually scale but like I said they look fine around my trains and other vehicles.
