{"id":13781,"date":"2010-03-08T23:38:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T07:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=13781"},"modified":"2017-09-27T13:16:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T20:16:46","slug":"53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/13781","title":{"rendered":"53"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Herbie: The Love Bug<\/a> (1968) was da bomb when I was a kid. <\/p>\n

Had the story album (above) and the first two films<\/a> were set in San Francisco (that was cool). Herbie Rides Again<\/a> (1974) had Helen Hayes in a funky Cable Car thing and I remember that Stefanie Powers was super cute. <\/p>\n

Had posters, toys, tiny cars (that I’d take to the mechanic to fix when I broke them. Really). And I once got in trouble for painting a 53<\/em> on my mom’s old Volkswagen hatchback<\/a> (I didn’t care that it wasn’t a beetle. It had a VW on it). I didn’t stop there, I did something similar to a neighbor’s new Lincoln Town Car lift kit<\/span><\/a> project for which I got in way more trouble for.<\/p>\n

Here’s the website<\/a> of the ultimate Herbie fan (and Disney employee) Hugh Chitwood. Found these funky images (below) at his site; they were used as promos for the Fully Loaded<\/a> (2005) Lohan\/Justin Long\/Michael Keaton\/NASCAR comeback.<\/p>\n

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Not bad for a car that was originally designed by dis guy.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n1932 sketch for the Volkswagen, the ‘car of the people’<\/em><\/p>\n

For more VW history, go here.<\/a>
\nFor more Herbie, go here<\/a> (and follow the links at the bottom of the page).<\/p>\n

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\nGeorge Bruns: Love Bug Theme<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t
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