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Herbie Not Spared By Typhoon Ondoy

October 2, 2009

Got Herbie and Ghia out of the Asia Pacific College basement parking after he and Ghia got trapped during typhoon Ondoys onslaught.. More here

Took some time to clean some of our belongings before the tow truck comes

It’s hard to feel sorry for myself when a lot of my countrymen have NOTHING left! As far as my VWs go, they will be torn down and rebuilt hopefully better than before.

I tried to make Herbie a HGTMC clone but I think I have a very convincing Bananas Herbie no? Hahaha. All I can do is laugh. (on the outside)

Dennis got menaced !

Need to disinfect them both

At least Ocho is on dry land. I’m having them (Herbie and Ghia) towed to a Volksbuddy that has a VW repair shop. The upholstery is gone, need to be replaced. Need to tear down the engine, suspension, brakes.

Cmon Ocho… TRY!, TRY!

Will keep you guys posted

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Prototype Herbie Found!!

September 7, 2009

Prototype Herbie Found!!

Very few people know that in the original script, Herbie the Love Bug was a red VW with white stripes and the familair #53 gumballs (but with a different font)

Here’s a story of John (Bigfoot), a member of the lovebugfans site, and his amazing Prototype Herbie

He said “As I am sure all of you know Herbie was orginally thought of to be red in color with a white stripe setup as apposed to the white and patriotic stripes that we all know and love. Well I just found out that there was one painted in the red as a design study that ultimatly lost to the correct Herbie colors. This car has had an engine fire so the engine lid has been repainted but the rest of the markings are still there! I happened to run across aguy here in North Texas that told me of this old bug he had at his farm with a “53″ on it and it sounded intriguing and I had to see it. When I got to his place I was of course shocked when I relized what this was and almost broke my arm retrieving my wallet to pay him the $500 he wanted for it. So here is the picture of the ‘66 and and pic of the prototype poster”

I nearly flipped as I was reading his story, and almost fell for it hook, line and sinker.

He added “By the way while this “could” happen, it did not. I have had my “66 European model bug for 4 years and my father had it for about 6 before that. I did this at a friends house today and thought that it came out good and had to share. I have not yet decided if I need to restore it and repaint it like this or change it all together. Ray, I hope I didn’t steal your thunder. Just had to have something different to take to the show in Eurika Springs, Ark next month. John”

That’s fantastic.

More pictures here http://manilaghia.i.ph/photo/13471

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Herbie Photoshoot, 07/23/09

July 24, 2009

Herbie Photoshot for Bench

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Herbie’s Truck Ride

July 3, 2009

Yesterday morning, Herbie simply ran out of gas, or that was how it felt. Just cruising along C5, it felt that the fuel pump went on the fritz. Good thing that after passing Market Market, C5 had a downhill stretch and I managed to coast all the way to a Petron gas station just before McKinley Hills.

I tried everything: checked for gas, checked the fuses, the wiring under dash, contact points, spark plug, fuel filter (there wasn’t any gas!)

Since I was dressed for work, I couldn’t crawl underneath so I decided to leave Herbie at the gas station and just took a cab to work. I conducted the quizes scheduled for that day all the while thinking what it could have been. Around 230PM, I left work early and headed back to Herbie.

Again I tried to resuscitate Herbie to no avail. I couldn’t hear any noises from the fuel pump so I thought it was a faulty unit. Jon and I decided that we should call AAP for a tow.

After about an hour, the AAP tow truck came and we quickly loaded up Herbie and headed for Panay. There was minimal traffic and we got to Jon’s by 430PM.

After unloading Herbie and a couple of tries, Herbie fired up strong! Sheesh!! I really felt like a dumbass

To make sure, Alan checked the wiring, the timing, the filter. We decided that it was probably just something clogging the gas tank so Alan quickly cleaned it out. Nothing major, just some crud that could have clogged the fuel lines.

Today, Herbie performed like a dream. I still don’t know what went wrong. Was it a Ghost in the machine?