VEE-DUBS IN MOVIES AND TV. Spotto

preacherman · 2005-03-06T10:12:30+00:00

Well the last crash ate the thread and gave the thread no. to another!! Had some great comments on: 1. Manx Buggy's on the Original Thomas Crown Affair 2. Heaps of cameo's on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 3. Love Bug and Herbie...of course 4. Jamie Oliver's 23 window Splitty Just saw Beverly Hills Cop and saw a 65 beetle attacking a truck in the opening sequences. Anything else worth watching?? Just read in the papers about the new Herbie movie coming up and it stars Matt Dillon and Herbie goes NASCAR racing... He is no longer a 59/60 bug now but looks like a 70's bug!!

Bookwus Seriously Crusin Dubber

120 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 7 Jun 2009, 5:07 pm

#717184

Hiya All,

_me_ mentioned Bullitt, recently voted the best of all car chase movies. During the actual chase sequence there are many, many VWs to be seen on the streets in San Francisco circa 1967.

As a matter of fact a fun pastime for VW types here in the States is to do a count of the VWs (T1s, T2s, and T3s) in the chase sequence. Next time you watch the film, give it a shot.

As has been mentioned, one particular VW Bug (a green 68) shows up in a number of scenes (showing that the editing lacks some continuity by the way) and each time it shows up it should be counted.

Mike

1970 AS Bug
1970 Bus - The Ruptured Duck

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jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Jun 2009, 9:13 am

#717285

I'm racking my brain to think of a movie we saw this year that had heaps of dubs in it, but can remember (a seniors moment!)... was it 'The Knowing' with Nicholas Cage? Filmed in Melboure

Found this cool VW ad on Youtube
VW Funeral

"All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!"

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=22473
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=56558#pid535643

...so I don't loose the links to my rides again hehehe

dAVo Seriously Crusin Dubber

161 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 8 Jun 2009, 10:04 am

#717298

Sean Connory drives through a hippie bug with his stolen Hummer in The Rock.

And in Karate Kid there's a scene with at least two dubs in the one shot.

Gary L Seriously Crusin Dubber

146 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 9 Jun 2009, 8:09 pm

#717639

I watched Batman the original yesterday 2 beetles and a Kombi parked on the wharf scene.

Batman is a worry he could not tell it was catwoman when she was dressed in normal evening dress even though she said perrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfeccccccccccccct. No wonder he only hangs out with Robin????????

A wave a day keeps the doctor away especially in a VW 😎:

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 9 Jun 2009, 8:30 pm

#717655

witness the destruction of a cabrio in the classic fried green tomotos scene
with japanese dubbing for your amusment

only keen eyed vw nuts would notice that it hasnt got an engine when shes running into it

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 9 Jun 2009, 8:47 pm

#717668

What makes you say it's got no engine, looks like pea shooters hanging down under it to me, but why isn't it pushed into the car in front, stupid me thinks.

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 9 Jun 2009, 8:49 pm

#717672

u can see from the sides it has no engine hanging down underneath

the peashooters are just bits of pipe stuck there

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 9 Jun 2009, 10:11 pm

#717706

Cheech And Chongs "Up in smoke" it's loaded with em. Watched that for the first time in 17 years the other day, Chong drives one in the opening scenes.

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

preacherman Officially Full-On Dubber

257 posts · joined Feb 2004 · 9 Jun 2009, 10:39 pm

#717716

Saw the World's Fastest Indian today. Great early 60's Ragtop Beetle