Yellow Car In Herbie The Love Bug

The yellow thorndike special was an apollo gt.

Yellow car in herbie the love bug. He discovered that jim was winning by herbie and wanted to dispose of him by pouring irish coffee down his fuel tank. Apollos were built in oakland california. The body shells were fabricated in italy and shipped to the us where aluminum buick 215 cid v8 engines were installed. Herbie sometimes referred to as herbie the love bug is a fictional sentient anthropomorphic 1963 volkswagen beetle a character that is featured in several walt disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film the love bug he has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself and is often a serious contender in auto racing competitions.

With dean jones michele lee david tomlinson buddy hackett. The herbie films have serious fanging flick credentials. The love bug sometimes referred to as herbie the love bug is a 1968 american comedy film directed by robert stevenson and the first in a series of films made by walt disney productions and distributed by buena vista distribution that starred an anthropomorphic pearl white fabric sunroofed 1963 volkswagen racing beetle named herbie it was based on the 1961 book car boy girl by gordon buford. The character of herbie was played by many volkswagen beetles not just one.

Peter thorndyke is the main antagonist in the love bug. This famous volkswagen is one of 11 original cars built by walt disney studios for the first herbie movie the love bug. It all started with 1968 s the love bug which introduced the world to herbie a lovable and good humoured volkswagen beetle sporting the now iconic go fast stripes and 53 race numbers. The car dean jones pulls up to the firehouse in is a lamborghini 400.

Directed by robert stevenson. This article was first published in the november 2019 issue of street machine. This archive is a comprehensive list of all known existing vehicles used in the herbie the love bug series of films from the original 1969 the love bug straight through to 2005 s herbie fully loaded also included are promotional vehicles and other cars of interest. Of those 11 only three of the cars are known to exist today.

When herbie is smashing into the car it is in fact a real jaguar e type i don t know of that car ever being produced in kit form. At the time the movie was made old sports cars were just used cars and not the collector items they are today. Herbie the love bug as thomas the tank engine both main characters cheeky and small john bennett as edward the blue engine both smart and wise lightning mcqueen as henry the green engine both were arrogant and vain at frist then later good natured well marnered and polite. A race car driver becomes a champion with a volkswagen beetle with a mind of its own.

The same company later made another sports car called the intermeccanica italia.