Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show 2025 on Saturday the 22nd of March - Sunday the 23rd of March, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT.
Built in 1960 and supplied to Sweden, this fabulous car was later imported into the UK in 2001 and registered on 17th January
In 2007 the chassis was blasted and repainted. The body was taken back to metal and repainted in the original Herbie colour of VW L87 and a new wiring loom was fitted
The 1, 500cc engine was stripped and rebuilt in 2007. In 2023, new barrels and pistons were fitted by John Gurney, the noted VW Specialist
The interior was fitted with new carpets, seat covers, door cards, roof lining. Herbie has the very rare Factory fitted sunroof, as did the original Love Bug
Herbie, the Love Bug was a sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle racing car which had been featured in several Walt Disney motion pictures starting with The Love Bug in 1968
Bought by our vendor in 2015, a successful restauranteur and proprietor of a wedding venue, to convey newly married couples
Naturally kept in superb order and currently has an odometer reading of some 9, 000 miles and was last serviced some 100 miles ago
