This would be fun to own.

 

From the article:
This particular machine is heading to auction at no reserve on April 17 at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach sale. Estimated price? Don't ask. All we know is there are a lot of people out there wanting to get their hands on this piece of Hollywood glamour and automotive history for hard to explain reasons.

5 pictures and video in the gallery 

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I understand that about 10 Beetles were used in the making of the films.

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If you go on to face book there are a lot of pages dedicated to Herbie. I think in all the films more than 10 were used. This is a photo of a yard behind the film studio after the making of the love Bug  herb.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

As many were destroyed by being cut apart for the film, a complete decent one like that above is a bit of a rarity.

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There are still a few film cars about. we all know that Herbie was a 1863 car but how many knew that car 10 was an oval that had the back window cut out ??? here with its "W" engine lid and a front shot to see the wind screen size  herb10.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.  herb screen.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

It sold for a high price:

https://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/04/21/1963-volkswagen-herbie-beetle-sells-for-126500-setting-auction-record/ 

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So we can now expect to see some elaborate Herbie fakes offered on the market, as opposed to the Herbie lookalikes that we've all become used to.:unsure:

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