| THIS IS HERBIE ( H2) BUILT FOR WALT DISNEY’S “ THE LOVE BUG (1969) BY EMPI RACING OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. HE STARRED ALONGSIDE: DEAN JONES as JIM DOUGLAS BUDDY HACKETT as TENNESEE MICHELE LEE as CAROLE DAVID TOMLINSON as THORNDYKE BENSON FONG as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“ CUT & SHUT JOINS” TO BE VISIBLE. WHEN DEAN JONES AND BUDDY HACKETT SPIN YARNS ABOUT DRIVING AROUND IN THE PORSCHE POWERED HERBIE, IT IS THIS CAR THEY ARE REFERRING TO. ONE THING IS FOR SURE – HE IS TRULY A “LOVED BUG” | 
