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beetleboy88 Officially Full-On Dubber

255 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#754293
Hey did anyone catch 'The Love Bug' tonight on 7two? started at 7. gotta love that car aye!!
1973 Super Beetle

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#754294
there wasn't a TV guide for 7two in the TV guide...

too many free to air stations now...
I wonder what the TV guides are going to do..

they also only show a few of the pay TV channels..

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

ryana89 Officially Full-On Dubber

315 posts · joined Sep 2009 ·

#754310
DAM!!! Missed it.
I was horrified last night though when Happy Gilmore was playing and that beetle got smashed up😢
2.0slow 92 MK2

Made in Germany, Assembled in Africa, 'Migrated' to Australia

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#754311
^^ It's great when he yells "VOLKSWAGEN!!!!!!!" though. 😀😀

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#754326
should make it plural.

theres 3 different bugs used in that one 30 sec scene 😂

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#754327
whatttttt. such a waste!

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#754349
its been years since i tortured myself by sitting through that movie

if you can find the rest of that scene it goes from being a 72Sbug to an early 70s standard when it hits to a late 70s US fuel injected bug

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#754353
i cant find any more of it... im really looking for when he shouts "volkswagen", thats the funny part. Its funny that they use different ones though. hahah.


oh, whats the go with your mood joel... :S

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#754364
do a google search that will explain it

here ya go

72 Sbug






71-72 standard






and 76-77 US fuel injected bug with the big US dodgem car style bumpers



you can kinda see it in the first pic but its really obvious in the movie the tyre tracks in the grass from earlier takes

im a shocker for point out movie faults
theres 100s of them in the herbie movies...sad i know

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#754395
All three cars are different colours!!

Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

DylanTheDubber Custom Title Time!

1,252 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#754399
Yeah jason im with you it's cool when he yells VOLKSWAGEN!!! i was smiling when i saw that bit only to see it smash a few seconds later. It's cool to see vw's in movies but such a waste. From Dylan

cam070 Custom Title Time!

1,332 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·

#754422
Also interesting to see that the fresh collision damage has already resulted in rust on the exposed metal.........a madly corrosive atmosphere on US golf courses, perhaps that also affected Tiger's better judegment?

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#755175
That 1996 TV remake is crap.

Stick to the '69 original - available on DVD from all good retailers.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#755252
Yes,
as said, that isn't a late model beetle with the shock absorber bumpers...

its NOT fuel injected either...

that damaged Beetle was sitting a while to rust...

I wonder why the bonnet handle was missing???
very difficult to open without it.. lol

maybe the stunt guy didn't like it..

rust is so bad in the northern states that hitting someone can rip the guard off...

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#755312
68AutoBug wrote:its NOT fuel injected either...


LEE
yea it is,

all bugs after 75 in the US WERE fuel injected
thats why it has a single tailpipe exhaust to the side for the cat converter

Midlife crisis Nartispuddlejumper, Bureau of Toxicity

2,282 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#755455
I am still trying to find the DVD of the LOVEBUG movie that has Horace the hate bug in the movie, I have the set but that one.

Marc
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#755530
There have been FIVE cinema release Herbie films:

The Love Bug (1969) - available on DVD
Herbie Rides Again (1974) - available on DVD
Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977) - available on DVD
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) - available on DVD
Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) - available on DVD

The other one, also confusingly called The Love Bug (1997) was only a TV movie. It was never released in cinemas and was only aired originally on the US CBS TV network. It is a shoddy remake of the original Love Bug and stars Bruce Campbell (and Horace the Hate Bug) with orginal Love Bug star Dean Jones in a cameo spot. It is shown regularly on pay TV (Disney Channel) but Disney has not released it on DVD as yet.

There was also a TV series (Herbie The Matchmaker) in 1982 but it was cancelled after only 5 one-hour episodes. It has since been shown on US pay TV but again, Disney has not released it to DVD.

Midlife crisis Nartispuddlejumper, Bureau of Toxicity

2,282 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#755602
Kool thanks for the info will keep an eye out for it on Disney.

It would be great to add this one to the rest of the Videos.

Marc
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH