Herbie the Love Bug

Just a note to brag (alittle) Trish and I Just got off production for the New Herbie the Love Bug movie starring Michael Keaton , Matt Dillon (Outsiders), Lindsy Loham (Mean Girls) and Johnathan Roth (Dodgeball) They asked my to bring my speedster and us and put us in the center of car show part of the movie where Herbie gets revealed and gets signed up for the Trip Murphy Showdown (Matt Dillon) race. Hopefully we will make it past the editing room floor. I will keep you all informed. I willt ry to post some pictures soon. The car was the hit of all the cars (Imports and Muscle cars).We had a blast. Keep your eyes out for the movie :)

That's cool! Lance, your not registered, what make of speedster is it, colors, etc? So we know what to look for.
-=theron

Last night I just ordered a box set of the 5 Herbie movies on DVD for around $57.00.I'm looking forward to watching them with my 5 yr old daughter (she loves Speedsters and VW's in general) who wasn't around when those films first came out. I didn't know a new production was in the works and that makes me happy except for the fact that it'll probably drive the prices of original Bugs through the roof.

In my neighborhood, they already are through the roof.

OK, I have to jump in. When they started looking for the beetles for the new movie, mentioned above, one of my fiends sold his '63 ragtop that is to be used in the new movie.

I heard that they were looking for about 30 cars for the movie and then up'ed the count to about 60. The stunt coordinator wanted more. Some of you may remember an ad on the Samba that was looking for early ragtops,........well there you go.

I was told to keep the project under wraps, but now that the cat, or bug is out of the bag,..well.

I look forward to seeing the speedster in the pics and movie that is so cool!, Congrats.

Well nobody told me to keep it under wraps. I was even in the the scene of the race and I know who wins, but I'll never tell. Most of you that attended the Knotts show will remeber Trish (beautiful tall blonde)she is in the scenes also
It is the red speedster most of you saw it at Knotts.
As far as the cars used they contracted Randy carlson from Oldbug.com as I hear and they grabbed alot of 63's they even grabbed a Right Hand drive.
I got to see the puppetteers working all the hydraulics and gadgets. The funniest thing is that in the back seat there are amps and speakers but in the dash is the original 6 volt Saphire. They left the original Golde grap handles on the ragtop. I am sure glad I ave a 61 rag , a 57 rag , and a 50 rag (run the prices up baby)
I have lots of pictures from the set but I am not sure if I can post them without getting sued.
I would love to share them with you all.
I have to say it was quite an experience and I really enjoyed the special treatment I received by Buena Vista as a car owner.
Like I said I really hope it doesn't end up on the floor but if it does I have lots of pics to prove the car was there.

I put the car in the registry

2003 CMC??? I didn't realize they were still making them?

It is actually 1993 but I just finished the car 2003. Sorry don't want to get you CMC guys angry about the lawsuit again.

Lance,

I am looking for some three fold parts to complete my 54 rag. Just need one bow. Got bow?

I was kidding about the under wraps thing. post the pics.

no I on't have any of the bows but look on www.thesamba.com you can usually find any part there.

I have attached some pics to me profile.
Keep it hush hush

Lance,

I promise I won't tell a soul.

I have been looking on Samba, eBay, everywhere, for about one year. I know Glenn P has some good ideas, so I may have to go that route.

P-

Going back to the 30+ cars for the movie, I just hope they survive. Even though millions were produced vw bugs are classic and Hollywood has the nasty habit of destroying things, specially cars...

They only thin they preserved on the cars were the original ragtop Golde handle nad the sapphire radios. Other than that they hacked and welded all kinds of stuff. Check out the side airvents and the whale tail. Who in their right mind would have ever done that to the car. They put an american bumper on the front and no bumper on the rear. The decklid has a cut out so you can see the engine with a plexyglass window. The coolest Herbie is the junkyard Herbie. They have not modified it at all. It is alittle rusty but original. I got to see about 6 Herbies I don't know where the others were.

Oh man! That's a bummer....

Know what? I got all the DVD's here last week and saw them all during the weekend. The package has some special features and among those there's one on snapshots of the production of the first movie along with interviews with the cast, etc. It's funny but in some of the cars for the original movie they installed Porsche 356/912 engines along with Porsche brakes, etc. There's a shot of one of the cars being serviced by a couple of mechanics, decklid open with a nice Porsche powerplant inside.....those were the days......

You should also be able to see oil sumps and wheelie bars . Very funny

Guys, I went to see Herbie Fully Loaded and it's great! Check it out and you'll see lots of nice details for us VW nuts! You'll see lots of EMPI parts up close such as a shifter and valve covers, fleeting shots of dual Kadrons, dual Webers, the usual chrome pulleys, race rods, counterweighted crank and some shop talk (when they first rebuild it they install a new 2,180 cc engine) along with some technical bullshit which happens at the last minute and that I won't tell (wait until you see it). Of course, Lance's red Speedster makes a cameo appearance......

i saw the movie last week at a drive-in in cape cod. the whole experience was wonderful. my daughters were of course the biggest fans. it is realy touching to see them take interest in something i am so passionate about. makes me look forward to future garage days. by the way lance your car is beautiful.-chris

Chris,

I didn't see you there?

Hey Lance,

Do you think you can tighten me up a date with Lindsay Lohan?

Lance sold this car to an unknown party last Nov. He hasn't been posting since that time.
-=theron

tc,-i was there incognito-we took the honda pilot. between my better half and the kids we needed all the room we could get. we went to the theater in wellfleet. i believe it was saturday or sunday. i'm sorry i diddn't know you were in the area.i would have liked to gotten together. by the way, have you ever visited the "toad hall" car museum in hyannis? if not i'll give you the info, it's worth checking out.-chris.

I had the Love Bug once, nothing a little penicillin couldn't cure!!!

Would that fit on a Dodge???