Post by Pennsylvania Jones on Jul 2, 2010 0:24:06 GMT -5
Hey there! Today, or whenever you happen to be reading this, I will be discussing Herbie the Love Bug.
Details:
Herbie is a Pearl White 1963 VW Beetle Sedan with a Light Grey Ragtop Sunroof. The Interior was also painted light grey (What is it with Hollywood and Grey Interiors?). A 1958-'62 Beetle is virtually identical to the '63 Bug. '64-'66 Bugs are close enough. A '67-'77 Beetle can be used if you're desperate. DO NOT USE '49-'57 BEETLES FOR HERBIES! They are too much of a piece of history to be wasted on something like this. The opposing cars in the movies weren't just slowing down so the puny Stock Beetle can catch up, the Engine was actually replaced with a Porsche Engine in the Love Bug. In later films, VW Bus and VW Beetle 1835cc Engines were used to give the same effect. And what about the special effects with the doors and the hood and the suspension? Those were done in a completely different car from the racing cars. Motors, Pistons, etc. can make the same effect today.
Who:
Want someone to do the Conversion for you? You'd have to take multiple trips. A Local Decals Shop can put on the 53 Gumball and the stripes. A VW restoration facility like Classic VWs or JBugs might re-paint the car Pearl White and put in a light grey headliner and ragtop sunroof, or maybe even paint the interior grey like in the movie. They might even be able to put in a faster engine: an engine, for example, from MidAmerica Motorworks. Their strongest engine is a longblock in 2332cc, which produces over 130hp. Considering that it's being put in a car light enough to float in water, imagine how fast 130+ hp can make it go.
The guys at MidAmerica Motorworks also sell a bunch of other VW Beetle goodies, like Wheel/Tire kits, for Race Day. As for the Characteristic Special Effects, I haven't found anybody who does that for a living yet.
Where:
Greg Carr sells very accurate Herbie Decals. He's even supplied the decals for the restoration of Herbie #2 from the filming of the Love Bug! In that case, his decals must be pretty darn accurate! You'll have to contact him for a quote. This is his E-Mail. You might also want to make your own Herbie do the incredible, like open its doors or hood on voice command or drive itself. Stephen Love has successfully done something like this. His Herbie has been seen in his videos to do all sorts of stuff. This is how he was able to do it. To make Herbie come to life for real, all you need is to:
A: Install a Fully-Functional Flux Capacitor (which can be bought from Doc Brown for the low, low price of $2,000,000,000, once he gets around to selling them) and squeeze lemon juice all over it.
B: Put the car, now with the Flux Capacitor, inside a triange of Sankara Stones (three of which are going for $1,000,000,000 each, if you can find all three of them).
C: Heat everything up with Dragon Fire (The flames from a Toothless Daydream work the best. That particular species is almost extinct and they vary greatly in price, but start at $60,000,000,000. Don't confuse them with Common-or-Garden Dragons.).
The Flux Capacitor will overload, the Sankara Stones will melt, and there's a 1:21,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 chance your Herbie will come alive. If not, you've wasted at least 65 billion dollars. ;D
Steven
Details:
Herbie is a Pearl White 1963 VW Beetle Sedan with a Light Grey Ragtop Sunroof. The Interior was also painted light grey (What is it with Hollywood and Grey Interiors?). A 1958-'62 Beetle is virtually identical to the '63 Bug. '64-'66 Bugs are close enough. A '67-'77 Beetle can be used if you're desperate. DO NOT USE '49-'57 BEETLES FOR HERBIES! They are too much of a piece of history to be wasted on something like this. The opposing cars in the movies weren't just slowing down so the puny Stock Beetle can catch up, the Engine was actually replaced with a Porsche Engine in the Love Bug. In later films, VW Bus and VW Beetle 1835cc Engines were used to give the same effect. And what about the special effects with the doors and the hood and the suspension? Those were done in a completely different car from the racing cars. Motors, Pistons, etc. can make the same effect today.
Who:
Want someone to do the Conversion for you? You'd have to take multiple trips. A Local Decals Shop can put on the 53 Gumball and the stripes. A VW restoration facility like Classic VWs or JBugs might re-paint the car Pearl White and put in a light grey headliner and ragtop sunroof, or maybe even paint the interior grey like in the movie. They might even be able to put in a faster engine: an engine, for example, from MidAmerica Motorworks. Their strongest engine is a longblock in 2332cc, which produces over 130hp. Considering that it's being put in a car light enough to float in water, imagine how fast 130+ hp can make it go.
The guys at MidAmerica Motorworks also sell a bunch of other VW Beetle goodies, like Wheel/Tire kits, for Race Day. As for the Characteristic Special Effects, I haven't found anybody who does that for a living yet.Where:
Greg Carr sells very accurate Herbie Decals. He's even supplied the decals for the restoration of Herbie #2 from the filming of the Love Bug! In that case, his decals must be pretty darn accurate! You'll have to contact him for a quote. This is his E-Mail. You might also want to make your own Herbie do the incredible, like open its doors or hood on voice command or drive itself. Stephen Love has successfully done something like this. His Herbie has been seen in his videos to do all sorts of stuff. This is how he was able to do it. To make Herbie come to life for real, all you need is to:
A: Install a Fully-Functional Flux Capacitor (which can be bought from Doc Brown for the low, low price of $2,000,000,000, once he gets around to selling them) and squeeze lemon juice all over it.
B: Put the car, now with the Flux Capacitor, inside a triange of Sankara Stones (three of which are going for $1,000,000,000 each, if you can find all three of them).
C: Heat everything up with Dragon Fire (The flames from a Toothless Daydream work the best. That particular species is almost extinct and they vary greatly in price, but start at $60,000,000,000. Don't confuse them with Common-or-Garden Dragons.).
The Flux Capacitor will overload, the Sankara Stones will melt, and there's a 1:21,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 chance your Herbie will come alive. If not, you've wasted at least 65 billion dollars. ;D
Steven
