VW Beetle: Herbie No. 2

Club VW is showing you how to make your own copy of Herbie, the famous VW Beetle love bug.

It's not very difficult to make yourself a replica of Herbie the Love Bug, star of four Walt Disney films. Dozens and dozens exist all around the world, and there are probably three or four serious replicas running around in Australia. Get yourself an early '60s VW Beetle, paint it white, add a red and blue stripe and '53' numbers, and you're done.

The more serious replicas would be based on a 1963 US-spec cloth sunroof Beetle, as is the film car, with more detail paid to getting the stripes and '53' numbers looking right. But surely the ultimate would be to find a REAL Disney film car, rather than just make a replica, but they're pretty rare. Greg Carr of Florida, USA, owns not only a genuine Disney-built Herbie, but also the most special of all the existing Disney cars.

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Source: Club VW

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