Showing posts with label Herbie "The Love Bug". Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herbie "The Love Bug". Show all posts

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Monday, January 01, 2018

The Vegas car museum of cars for sale known as the Imperial Palace Car Collection is out of business as of yesterday, and it's all getting sold or auctioned



it doesn't matter that either the above or below were owned by Hetfield, the above is a Rick Dore masterpiece and the below is a 4 door Nash. Seriously, who the hell is looking for a Nash 4 door

And really, do you think we'll see another Rick Dore masterpiece for sale that we can buy? I doubt it.


http://www.autocollections.com/

Monday, December 08, 2014

A Herbie movie car, not the hero/glamor car, and maybe not even a driveable one, is on ebay, and they've cranked the reserve up over 50k


This car was originally built for the second film in the movie series, “Herbie Rides Again,” which was filmed in 1972 and released in 1974, starring Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Keenan Wynn, and Stefanie Powers. It was then used again in the 1977 film “Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo,” starring Don Knotts and Dean Jones.

The term “blind drive car” is Hollywood jargon referring to a vehicle that appears to be driving on its own.

It retains its original Disney California title, or Pink Slip as they’re called, which lists the vehicle’s VIN, purchase date from 1972, and “DISNEY WALT PRODUCTIONS” as the owner.

The winning bidder of this item has the first option of acquiring two other original movie cars mentioned in this listing- “Giselle,” the 1976 Lancia Scorpion and the "oil squirting" Herbie, which was used in both “Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo” and “Herbie Goes Bananas.” Both are in beautifully restored condition.

Full gallery at the Ebay listing http://www.ebay.com/itm/111540931783

I don't understand why this isn't going to some named auction company 

Thursday, June 13, 2013

some good things I found in the Bugorama swap meet area







the sign in the above photo is shown below








interesting old bumper jack






above, good idea for a bottle opener


wow, a spotlight display for salespeople


above, Kennedy tool boxes


great business card display!

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Theres always a first time. That car and bike blogs post porn among the cars is nothing new. But the site I got these from, posts gay porn. So beware

It's quite common that the Tumblr sites I find good bike and car photos on have naked women, but this is the first with naked men that I've come across.

I've got no issue with that, but wanted you to be warned because it's more than nude male models, it's guys having sex with guys as well. Some people find that really too much.

it's full of VW and Citroens primarily, with a smattering of race cars, muscle cars, and here is a sample of some of the cool cars on http://scrivmaggporn.blogspot.com/

Just about everything looks better in the Gulf racing colors
Can't figure out why the car was rusted, and fitted with custom opening doors

I'm surprised to see this Porsche in such bad condition, they were always in high demand





Above is the "Mercedes Bent" that i've photogrphed and posted a couple of times already
This is one a a handful of Bugatti Royale Napolean, they are enormous and it's too bad nothing is next to it to show the perspective

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Bugs, things, and notchbacks at Bob Baker's 18th annual Vintage Volkswagen Spring Festival









Cool trailer





Above photo is taken to display the old license plates






Above 3 flavors of VW not known as bugs





great way to keep your valuables from walking off when you've got a convertible