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Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:02 am

Watching a little bit of a spy film this morning on the TV called Assignment K that was filmed in 1968.

LOTS of VW's in every outdoors shot!

Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:30 pm

Saw this panel watching TCM, " Sunday in New York ". 1963.
Also saw a beetle and the back half of a samba. Keep your eyes peeled :shock:

Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:35 pm

From Follow That Bird:

Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:40 pm

GeorgeL wrote: From Follow That Bird:

I must be missing something here......is that a kit on a vw chassis or somethin?

Bret

Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:22 pm

Bret2094 wrote: GeorgeL wrote: From Follow That Bird:

I must be missing something here......is that a kit on a vw chassis or somethin?

Bret

Don't you see the VW's reflection in the window of that building? :P

Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:05 am

It's a custom-built prop on a VW pan.

Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:01 pm

Seen on a rerun of Two and a Half Men tonight.

Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:21 pm

Anyone spot the buried post 68 red bug shell in The 100 a few episodes back? Just sitting out in the desert, supposedly at least 100 years from when the last one was made.

Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:39 am

Miles, from Auto B Good children's show.
http://www.autobgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/miles_n3.jpg

Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:04 am

german television police series " the dead from lake constance", boy cop drives a bay window and his lady cop partner has an old motoguzzi bike. :lol:

http://www.moviepilot.de/movies/die-toten-vom-bodensee-familiengeheimnis/trailer/71171

Sat Apr 11, 2015 7:47 am

Cusser wrote: stale air wrote:

scarlett johansson on the set of the movie Hitchcock.

Actually, decent amount of footage of the old VW driving; and since Janet Leigh (her character, wife of Tony Curtis then) truly owned a VW, it would've been near new, and it was new-appearing in the film (someone had a nice restore).

In that picture it looks one color, in this one:
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_597216-Volkswagen-De-Luxe-Sedan-Typ-1-1958.html

It looks another. I was wondering if anyone could identify the color of the second. I think the first picture, might be white or offwhite in a flat, so it didn't reflect the camera. I just saw that movie a couple weeks ago, and been wondering since, because it reminds me of the GM color pewter.

Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:36 am

wantedabiggergarage wrote: Cusser wrote: stale air wrote:

scarlett johansson on the set of the movie Hitchcock.

Actually, decent amount of footage of the old VW driving; and since Janet Leigh (her character, wife of Tony Curtis then) truly owned a VW, it would've been near new, and it was new-appearing in the film (someone had a nice restore).

In that picture it looks one color, in this one:
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_597216-Volkswagen-De-Luxe-Sedan-Typ-1-1958.html

It looks another. I was wondering if anyone could identify the color of the second. I think the first picture, might be white or offwhite in a flat, so it didn't reflect the camera. I just saw that movie a couple weeks ago, and been wondering since, because it reminds me of the GM color pewter.

Maybe Diamond Grey?
Example:

Sat Apr 11, 2015 4:05 pm

Convertible bug in Rat Race.

Funny scene, but reinforcing the myth.

Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:39 am

Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:06 am

North by Northwest.

Cary Grant in cab with his secretary as Kombi passes going the other direction.

Thu May 28, 2015 10:06 pm

TCM - The Long Goodbye '73
Elliott Gould as Phillip Marlowe Private Eye

A lot of Vdubs in this. Ferrari Daytona Spider pulling out, in front of a Panel, that has custom windows.

Fri May 29, 2015 10:40 pm

Surprised no one's mentioned the hollowed out shell atop the War Rig in the new Mad Max movie, used as a gun turret

Sat May 30, 2015 9:15 pm

If you want to see a lot of vw's, watch re-runs or get the Chip's television program dvd's. I have seasons 1,2 and 3 and you see when vw's ruled in California and all over the U.S :lol:

Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:01 pm

We're The Millers..
Funny ass movie..

VW Bus Camper with the typical Hippie driving .. ..
K9 alerts boarder patrol. They find a single joint and proceed to beat the hippie to the ground.. and on the ground.. quite a while.. :D

Perfect representation IMO. :lol:

Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:40 pm

Safety briefing