A true Herbie this 1963 Volkswagen Beetle last graced the big screen in Herbie Goes Bananas, but that was just the beginning for this Beetle. Sold by title holder “Walt Disney Productions” in 1980 the car found a second life as a vintage-racer having been restored to Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo looks by Arthur Porter, who would also serve as driver.
Following its racing career it went the way of most collectible cars, to a museum and later a Herbie collector, Doug Kaufmann. Kaufmann would restore the car again back to Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, which is what you see today. In that film this Herbie was the “oil squirting” car and uniquely used for both driving and interior shots making both the outside and inside of impeccable quality. It crossed the block at Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach where it was offered with no reserve and sold for $128,700 breaking the 2015 record fro most expensive.
[Photography courtesy of Barrett-Jackson.]
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