Volkswagen Beetle 53 #car #handmade #volkswagen #retro #vespa

Herbie is an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1969 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Throughout most of the franchise, Herbie is distinguished by red, white, and blue racing stripes from front to back bumper, a racing-style number "53" on the front trunk lid, doors, and engine lid, and a yellow-on-black &California license plate that says, "OFP 857". One exception to this is his first introduction in The Love Bug, where he initially appears as a nondescript white VW Type 1 bug vehicle with a gray colored fabric sunroof (a.k.a. "ragtop"), the style of sunroof offered on VW Beetles made through 1963 #vespa