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Shaking Herbie
This is 1 of only 4 remaining, of the 26 Herbies built for the 1980 movie "Herbie Goes Bananas". Mid America Motorworks owns this Herbie, #18, as well as Spinning Herbie, #20, from the same movie. This movie was shot prior to the widespread use of computer generated special effects. Thus, if Herbie was to perform some unusual feat, a VW Beetle had to be custom modified to actually perform this stunt. This accounts for great variety of Beetles built for this movie.

Shaking Herbie was used for several scenes in the movie. First it is dragged from the water, where he revives, shakes off water like a dog, and starts up with a great deal of smoke billowing from the exhaust pipes. Later we see Herbie again in a bullfight scene and in a number of simulated driving scenes.
 

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