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Blue Baron VW Aficionado

Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 28308 Location: Free State of Florida
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:55 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Sarah Silverman
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finster Samba Member

Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 10221 Location: not far from the madding crowd
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:10 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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celebrity chef jamie oliver and his 67 cabrio
_________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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NJ John Samba Member

Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2964 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Blue Baron wrote: |
Sarah Silverman
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Sara can drive my VW anytime she wants. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado

Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 28308 Location: Free State of Florida
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Dan Gurney
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bandi Samba Member

Joined: August 24, 2005 Posts: 1104 Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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A few "behind the scenes" shots from The Shining.
_________________ '60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '66 Bus, '69 Sunroof Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '73 Super, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S. And some Fieros. |
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KTPhil  Samba Member

Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 36066 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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NJ John wrote: |
Blue Baron wrote: |
Sarah Silverman
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Sara can drive my VW anytime she wants. |
And I'll adjust her valves any time. _________________ Current Fleet:
- '71 Fastback
- '69 Westfalia
Retired:
- '67 Beetle
- '65 Beetle (x2)
- '65 Bus
- '71 Squareback |
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chickengeorge Samba Member

Joined: August 18, 2004 Posts: 5676 Location: Spokompton Warshington
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 10:32 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Stunt doubles? I don't remember them taking that bug off any sweet jumps. |
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bandi Samba Member

Joined: August 24, 2005 Posts: 1104 Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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chickengeorge wrote: |
Stunt doubles? I don't remember them taking that bug off any sweet jumps. |
I'm really not sure what was going on here! _________________ '60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '66 Bus, '69 Sunroof Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '73 Super, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S. And some Fieros. |
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NJ John Samba Member

Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2964 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Maybe they doubled for actual driving scenes. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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FarmerBill  Samba Member

Joined: July 25, 2017 Posts: 879 Location: New England
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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bandi wrote: |
chickengeorge wrote: |
Stunt doubles? I don't remember them taking that bug off any sweet jumps. |
I'm really not sure what was going on here! |
Might be stand ins. They use stand ins to set up scenes, lighting, camera angles, etc. So the stars don't have to stand around all day. |
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NJ John Samba Member

Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2964 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 7:26 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Like Kramer and Mickey. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado

Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 28308 Location: Free State of Florida
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:56 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Emma Watson
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BSQUARE Samba Member

Joined: November 05, 2004 Posts: 1893 Location: Feeling, Minnesota
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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The Count from Sesame Street
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Fish Samba Member

Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5958 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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finster Samba Member

Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 10221 Location: not far from the madding crowd
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2025 6:23 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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the late giorgio armani with his triple white vert. apparently he sold the car in 1975 to help fund his company and bought it back in 1996
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KTPhil  Samba Member

Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 36066 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2025 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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My man!!! _________________ Current Fleet:
- '71 Fastback
- '69 Westfalia
Retired:
- '67 Beetle
- '65 Beetle (x2)
- '65 Bus
- '71 Squareback |
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