Iconic cars in theaters, section 5: Herbie The Love Bug

The choice of this month in the Cinema Iconic Cinema series is a car that is close and liked me because it is responsible for my life’s lifetime with air -cooled rides.

I talked about The Love Bug, as shown in the 1968 American adventure comedy directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Disney.

The film is based on the book 1961 “Car, Boy, Girl” by Gordon Buford. The Star of the Film is Volkswagen Beetle “Rag Top” 1963 which has the ability like humans to express emotions and amazing abilities to keep the big exotic racing cars.

Bitten by a love bug

I was first bitten by Love Bug as a child, when my mother invited me to watch a movie in the Drive-in cinema, and I was immediately beaten by Love Bug, a small car with a big personality.

The plot opened with a down-and-out racing car driver, played by Dean Jones, who headed for Slip.

In a coincidence meeting, he and his love interest, Michelle Lee, found this living small VW bug that would change their lives forever.

With the help of Herbie, Dean revived his car racing career even though sometimes it was thwarted by evil criminals played by British actor David Tomlinson.

Buddy Hackett complements the players as a close friend of Dean who communicated with VW Beetle.

I remember clearly exploding with an uncontrolled laugh when Herbie missed water.

The opening of the demolition derby is amazing. At that time, it was really a good film, considering that there was no image produced by the computer at that time.

Birth of Volkswagen Beetle

The original design for Volkswagen Beetle was conceived by the inventor of Hungary Bela Berenvi in ​​1925.

In 1934, Adolf Hitler gave an order to Ferdinand Porsche to develop vehicles that could carry two adults and three children while not using more than 7 liters of fuel per 32 mpg.

The engine must be strong enough to sail on the German autobahn. Everything must be designed to ensure the parts can be exchanged quickly and cheaply.

The engine must be cooled by the air because, as Hitler explained, not every state doctor has its own garage.

Antokreeze has just begun to be used on high -performance air craft machines.

In general, water in the radiator will freeze unless the vehicle is stored in a heated building or dried and refilled every morning before traveling.

This beetle displays the rear wheel drive located behind, a four -cylinder engine cooled air in the work of a two -door body that displays a flat front windshield that provides storage of luggage under the front hood and behind the back seat.

The shape of the beetle is stretched because the back end is tapered, mounted with 18 bolts on the almost flat chassis that displays the central structural tunnel.

The front and rear suspension displays the torque shaft together with the front stabilizer bar that provides an independent suspension on all wheels.

The head of the engine, transmission, and cylinder are contracted from a light alloy engine ensures optimal engine operating temperatures and long engine life …

While the whole appearance of the beetle has changed a little over the years, he received more than 78 thousand gradual changes during his lifetime production.

It needs to be mentioned a small list of other very cool cars displayed in the film.

• 1963 Apollo 3500 GT
• 1966 Chevrolet Corvette
• 1957 Chevrolet 210
• 1956 Ford Custom Line
• 1929 Ford Model A
• 1960 Ferrari GT Berlinetta
• 1963 Ford Galaxie
• 1923 Ford Model T
• 1961 Jaguar XK-E
• 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith
• 1963 Triumph Spitfire

The Beetle: My Favorite Volkswagen

However, it will be a few years after seeing the love bug before I experienced my first meeting with Volkswagen.

That year in 1984. When I was given the choice to buy my first car, the 1962 beetle or Super 1971 beetle from my middle school car body teacher.

I finally chose 71 beetles. It has a 1,600 double port motorbike that was rebuilt and at $ 250.00 it was a great first project that took me two and a half years to complete it.

I have plenty of fun time in that bug. Since then, I have more than 25 VW from various models, but beetles will always be my favorite.