Herbie - The Love Bug (1968) (Dvd), Dean Jones | Dvd's | bol (2024)

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Why is Herbie number 53? ›

Heck, a VW is a born Disney character!” Baseball fan Walsh selected 53 as Herbie's racing number because it was Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale's number. As for the motorcar's moniker, Walsh named the car after seeing Hackett's Vegas act featuring a joke about a ski instructor named Herbie.

It was eventually purchased by famed VW Bug collector Tory Alonzo (known as the "Herbie historian" in VW Bug circles). Alonzo loaned it out to the Antique Automobile Club of America in Hershey, Pennsylvania, to put on display, but in 2016, he decided to sell Herbie.

8. The number '53' was chosen by producer Bill Walsh who was a fan of baseball player Don Drysdale. Don's number was 53. The colour scheme of the car was a patriotic red, white and blue.

Herbie, the Love Bug is a sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle which has been featured in several Walt Disney motion pictures starting with the 1969 feature film The Love Bug.

Herbie is a loveable boy's name of German origin, meaning "illustrious warrior." It takes after the equally charming Herbert and evolved from the Old English form Herebeorht.

Giselle is Diane Darcy's 1976 Lancia Scorpion race car who appears in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and is Herbie's first love interest. Her name is never mentioned until the end of the film and is only referred to by her make name Lancia.

Herbie's legend continued on April 18 when the car rolled across the Barrett-Jackson auction block at West Palm Beach, Fla., and sold for a record-breaking $126,500 — a new high for a Volkswagen Beetle.

Today, only a handful of the original Herbie cars are known to exist. Car #10 was recovered from a warehouse in Pennsylvania and has been preserved—still sporting its original paint from the film.

For all purposes on film, Herbie was a 1963 Model 117 Deluxe Sunroof Sedan. However, Disney used several different year beetles which were modified to look like 1963 models. This particular Herbie is a 1967 model and last appeared in the film Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Internet pricing not available at the box office.

Herbie is cheerful, energetic, has a sense of humor and likes to play practical jokes on people. No one knows exactly how he is alive, but it doesn't really seem all that important to them. Despite being incapable of verbal speech, there is appearent commuication between him and humans or, at times, other cars.

Does Herbie Love Bug have a twin? ›

Horace is an evil black VW beetle and Herbie's evil twin who appears in the 1997 television remake of The Love Bug, equipped with modifications and vicious behavior he will win at all costs even as far as to kill Herbie.

Several Beetles were used in 'The Love Bug' filming but the race car was built by EMPI. This #H2 Herbie was fitted with a Porsche 356 Super 90 engine (1600cc twin Solex), Porsche finned drum brakes, Koni shocks all round, uprated front anti-roll bar and Empi rear camber compensator.

Jones' signature Disney role would be as race car driver Jim Douglas in the successful Herbie series. In addition to the two feature films, Jones starred in the short-lived television series Herbie, the Love Bug (1982) and the television film The Love Bug (1997).

Director Angela Robinson stated in an interview that she attempted to have Dean Jones reprise his role as Jim Douglas for a cameo, but due to scheduling problems he was unable to do so.

At first, Hank didn't believe Herbie was alive and became jealous of him because he was getting all the credit and after he wailed out, Herbie went looking for him. As it got dark, he was ambushed and attacked by his evil twin, Horace, and died after Hank found him.

DJ finally asks Paco why he keeps referring to Herbie as "Ocho", since that is Spanish for eight. Paco looks at Herbie's "53" and remarks that 5+3=8. After that Pete, Davy, Aunt Louise, and Melissa have a toast for Herbie to win the Brazil Grand Prêmio, with Paco giving a thumbs up.

Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Herbie, Number 53, the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own, puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

Johns (Charles Martin Smith), claim a Volkswagen car that is a gift from Pete's uncle. After learning that the living Volkswagen named "Herbie", with the number 53 stamped on it, has won the Monte Carlo Grand Prix years earlier, D.J. discovers he has been pick-pocketed by a local boy named "Paco" (Joaquin Garay III).