where can you find Andy Granatelli, Bill Hickman, Bud Ekins, and a Max Balchowski prepped race car? In the Love Bug

The opening credits are over about 2 minutes of figure 8 races, and maybe circle dirt track races. How is that not cool?

reminds me why there aren't many 1950's cars around. a lot were demolished in races

driving in the movie were Bud Ekins, maybe best known for Steve McQueen stunt doubling... Bill Hickman for driving the black Charger in Bullitt... Max Bulchowsky for making a race car from junkyard parts and beating Ferraris, plus having a race car repair and tune up shop that was in Beverly Hills that Steve McQueen, James Coburn, and Von Dutch hung out at.  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0049590/
You've never heard of Jesse Wayne, but he was a stunt man in every cool show there ever was in the 60's, 70's, and 80's... and was Mickey Rooney's and Mel Brooks stunt double too http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915586/

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The Love Bug scenes in San Francisco 1968

the last of the Victorian are buildings in San Fran I suppose, but as a horse drawn fire pumper station building it's amazing. Not a very good job at keeping the building look the same consistancy in the day and night image (it's a painting not a real building)

Buddy Hackett's car parts art from pieces of his Edsel

the first image of Herbie. Ever.

the cars in the background. Cool.

A challenge to a drag race from a hippie kid in a T bucket

Bitchin Rolls Royce

This is interesting as an example of the mid to late 60's hippe art, and the two characters below, they're in the model A, I bet there is a reason they look so damn goofy, and I believe the guy on the left side is Benny Hill

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The Thorndyke Special, a 64 Apollo 3500 GT prepped for the Disney movie "The Love Bug" by Max Balchowsky

info about it at http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_4609-Apollo-3500-GT-1963.html

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the Tijuana to Tecate race

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racing in the Love Bug movie, 1968

 might be the same Shelby AC Cobra, most people may not realize they had tops. Different races and race tracks, but I wasn't trying to post them consecutively

 above the gold Vette is the same as the below gold Vette and you can see what a strange rear body section it has

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Winning a race by the divide and conquer method

anyone have an idea what the green number 11 is? Why it has 2 hood scoops?

a wrong turn put them in the mines, but they kept racing

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if you're a billionaire, and want an extremely rare and incredible Ferrari with a movie tie in of impeccable caliber, it is the Scaglietti '56 250 GT LWB Ferrari Berlinetta from the movie "The Love Bug"

1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour De France which was also featured alongside humble Volkswagen Beetle ‘Herbie’ in 1968 film was offered on sale for $7.5 million. Known as one of the 9 models build by the Italian automaker, it’s one of the sought-after Ferraris. This pristine example of Ferrari’s most revered berlinetta with chassis no. 0585GT was sold new to a US-based property developer and by 1965, had found its way into the hands of Walt Disney’s studio

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