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 Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:16 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Kuebelwagens in the movie "Return to the Hiding Place", 2013.
The object mounted to the center of the lateral grab bar is a holder for 4 rifles. |
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VWAdam
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:00 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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I was reliving my childhood watching old Unsolved Mysteries episodes from the ‘90’s and spotted this Baja. The driver described as an “off road enthusiast” spotted a woman in the desert who turned out to be kidnapped and later murdered. Ouch.
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'59 Euro Beetle ragtop
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finster
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:50 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Die Spur führt nach Berlin 1952, also known as 'adventure in berlin' has police driving beetles chasing a baddy until he escapes to the east...several other interesting vehicles to be seen
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:43 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Crazy video seen on reddit. Narco agent in shoot out next to a Brazilian bus.
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Rome
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 4:23 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Continuing my post from Dec. 2022: Kuebelwagen seen in the American TV show "The Rat Patrol" from 1966 thru 1968, showing missions of an small Allied 2-Jeep commando team making long-range patrols in the North African desert. The German army unit leader is Hauptmann Dietrich, played by Hans Gudegast (later changed his name to Eric Braeden; sitting up in the 1st 2 photos).
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:46 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Die Spur führt nach Berlin 1952, also known as 'adventure in berlin' has police driving beetles chasing a baddy until he escapes to the east...several other interesting vehicles to be seen
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That was fun, watching all those splits buzzing around.
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Rome
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Schwimmwagen in movie "Man-of-War II" (YouTube title; actual movie beginning credits title is "Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy" (2022)):
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Rome
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:27 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Silver '71/'72 Beetle Karmann Cabrio; customized, German movie "Alter Khan junge Liebe" 1973 (translated Old Khan, young love). Hard to read small decal behind doors lists "MAHAG Tuning". MAHAG was Munich's largest VW dealer and manufactured some Type 1 engine performance parts. Note the auxiliary front-mounted oil cooler, filled rear apron cutouts, the dual-tip exhaust header (Sauer & Sohn?), different wheels.
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finster
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 1:30 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Herr Slap and an unfortunate cabrio beetle...laugh? I could have cried
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:02 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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In "Hunters" on Prime, in Season 2 Episode 7, three WW2 vehicles pull up in front of a German house. First one is a Kubelwagen, third is a Schwimmwagen.
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Aloha Bobby and Rose...
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The '66 Beetle Karmann Cabrio in this 1975 movie. Main character Bobby (played by "American Graffiti" hot rodder actor Paul LeMat) borrows his GF Rose's Beetle instead of his modified red early Camaro. Note the roof patched with many stickers. Filmed in Los Angeles, CA.
Splittie bus and 2 Beetles parked across the street:
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Rome
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 11:40 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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VW engine (?) in a hydrocopter, movie "Bear Island" (1979). The engine drives a large propeller similar to an air boat. The "'copter's" smooth bottom allows skimming over snow, and even on water as seen later in the movie.
Wikipedia mentions that the engine is an "aviation engine" but the stamped steel VW valve cover is clearly seen.
Windshield wipers look like early 1960's Beetle units.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 5:30 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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kubel in the 58 film 'fraulein' - an ok movie with a good portrayal of the rubble times - available on youtube
police beetle in the 68 bond spoof 'hammerhead'
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Red Denzel Austrian-built sports car with VW-based highly modified engine, German movie "Kein Mann zum Heiraten" (1959, translated No man to marry). He won the race.
Black & white Police Beetle Karmann Cabrio, German movie "Das blaue Meer und Du" (1959; translated The blue sea and you). Verkehrs Polizei = traffic police. Looks like a pope's nose and pre-heart taillamps.
Saturn Yellow 1973 Super Beetle special edition Sports Bug in intersection, TV show "Harry O" S1E6 "Eyewitness" (1974). It proceeds onto the street in front of main character David Janssen on left, but a full shot of its front is then blocked by the right policeman.
Another "Harry O" episode S1E21 "Elegy for a Cop" (1975). 9  Beetle sedans, 1 Beetle Karmann Cabrio, and a Karmann Ghia Coupe (center). Harry Orwell is riding the police motorcycle thru the parking lot, chasing a suspect on an enduro bike.
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Rome
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:46 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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I'm surprised nobody has shown VWs from the popular TV show "Charlie's Angels"...
Orange late fuel-injected Cabrio parked, TV show "Charlies Angels" final episode "Let our Angel live" S5E16, 1981. Angel Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith) getting out of her beige Mustang II.
Orange late Cabrio parked in background, TV show "Charlie's Angels" S4E14 "Angel's Child" (1980).
Red ~'65 in driveway, same episode:
Orange '73 parked, then down the street in traffic. TV show "Hunter", season 1 ep. 1, 1984.
Red Cabrio parked on Manhattan street, movie "Diary of a Mad Housewife" (1970). Man in beige coat is main character played by Richard Benjamin. |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Yellow rail buggy, MotorTrend Channel show "Roadkill Garage" episode 39 "Boon Duggy" 2019. Host David Freiburger (foreground) and guest host Steve Dulcich (his leg  ) revive a very cheaply bought, long-parked buggy with a 40 hp engine and link pin front beam-
then drive it along the dirt roads near/on Steve's farm in California.
And briefly getting it stuck in the sand,
as well as rolling it over when going around a curve too fast- both guys and the buggy were OK.
During the workshop prep session, both guys mention that neither has ever worked on any VW-powered vehicle. The generator was clocked 1/4 turn to the left at one point, a rookie mistake. But moments later and as seen in the first photo, the gen is in the correct position. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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There's a dedicated thread for Ghia sightings specifically in MOVIES in the Ghia Forum, yet there are many sightings on TV shows. So I'll put a few of those here:
Ghia Cabrio, German TV crime drama "Der Kommissar" episode "Keiner hoerte den Schuss" (nobody heard the shot). Filmed in the Munich, Germany area. Police commissioner (Kommissar) Keller is on the right, played by Erik Ode.
Early '60's Ghia Coupe (contrasting paint color on A-pillar; no hole for choke knob) in a Munich-area junkyard, "Der Kommissar", season 2 episode 1 "Der Papierblumenmoerder" (1970). Translated The Commissioner, the paper flower murder.
Black with white roof Ghia Coupe in traffic, German TV program "PS Geschichten 1975" (translated Horsepower stories).
Orange Ghia Coupe, TV show "Police Woman" episode "Blast" (1975). Main actor Angie Dickinson and guest actor Robert Vaughn.
Ivory early '60's Ghia Coupe, TV show "O'Hara US Treasury" episode "Operation Bribery", S1E4 1971. Main character on left, played by David Janssen.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Rockford files
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:20 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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^ Similar/same images posted by Evil Clown and me in Feb. 2022.
Type 4 sightings: Parked on New York City street, movie "Splash" (1984).
Driving on a New York City avenue, TV Mystery Movie "McCloud: The Gang that stole Manhattan" season 5, episode 2, 1974. Main character New Mexico Marshall Sam McCloud (Dennis Weaver) is driving the old red car.
German movie "Invitation to Dance" (1979) |
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