Herbie's 53rd Anniversary Celebration Extravaganza - Coming up on March 31st thru April 3rd, 2022, we are going to hold another celebration for Herbie to celebrate his 53rd Anniversary.  Once again, we have people coming from across the US, Canada and Europe for this very special event which is going to be held in Daytona Beach Florida and the Daytona International Speedway.  This is one event you won't want to miss.  Click Here for all of the details surrounding this great event being planned...
 

Herbie And The Rose - Back in 2020 following Herbie's 50th Anniversary Celebration, we decided to write a new chapter in Herbie's life after the movie, Herbie Fully Loaded.  This is a short story of how Herbie returned to his old life with the great granddaughter of Jim and Carole Douglas whom now owns Herbie.  Rose was paralyzed from the waist down in a tragic motocross race, but together with her best friend Brad, they go on a exciting adventure  in The Great Cross Country Race.  Check it out at www.herbieandtherose.com or you can purchase you very own paperback copy by Clicking Here.  We hope you enjoy...
 

Herbie's 50th Anniversary - In 2019 we were blessed with the opportunity to organize probably the greatest Herbie gathering ever held to celebrate Herbie's 50 Year Anniversary.  In March of 2019 in Orlando Florida, over 40 Herbie's gathered together to celebrate this very special occasion.   The event started at the Don Gartliz Museum of Auto Racing in Ocala Fl followed by a 3 day celebration at Walt Disney World, The Dezer Auto Museum in Orlando FL, Old Town USA in Kissimmee FL, and The Lakeland VW Classic in Lakeland FL.  We were honored to have Joaquin Garay III (Paco) and his family join us which made the event even more special.  Click Here to watch the video... 
 

Jingle Bugs Rock 2013! -  Well, we once again had a great time at Jingle Bugs Rock 2009 which was held to help raise toys for the US Marine Corps Toys-for-Tots Christmas program.  It was held at our local weekly cruise location, Old Town in Kissimmee Florida.  Cars were decorated for the holidays and people came just to have fun.  The cruise at the end of the day was fantastic.  Click here for all the pics...
 

Sonic's Big Cruisefest Cars, Stars and More - We made a trip to Little Rock on October 13 -14, 2006 for Sonic's Big Cruisefest and let us tell you, what a show!  Plenty of cars including The General Lee, KITT, Herbie and many, many more along with stars like John Schneider (Bo Duke), the Hazzard Sheriff's Office (Rosco, Enos and Cletus) and more.  Here are some pics of the fine cars that were there: Little Rock 1, Little Rock 2.  Hope you enjoy...

                   
Stephen with Rick Hurst (Cletus), Sonny Shroyer (Enos) and John Schneider (Bo Duke)
 

A Cute Little Theme Song - We had a question the other day regarding a theme song for Herbie.  Right away I thought of this one song by Helen Fields.  See what you think, click here...
 

Herbie Fully Loaded  -  After watching the new Herbie movie, Herbie Fully Loaded, Herbie insisted on having his eyes redone, so...  
 

Funfest 2005 - In June 2005 we decided to go to Effingham, IL to Mid America Motorworks Funfest 2005 which turned out to be one of the best shows we've ever attended (thanks Mid America).  Not only was Joaquin Garay III (Paco) from Herbie Goes Bananas there with his beautiful family, but they also had three original Herbies from his early years along with over a dozen replicas and two from his latest movie Herbie Fully Loaded.  In addition, it just so happened that Mid America arranged to have the new Batmobile drop by for it's first unofficial showing in the US.  And guess what, Stephen and His Herbie were allowed to cruise with the original Herbies and the Batmobile around the facility....  What a blast!  Well, here are most of the 700+ pictures Stephen took while there (make sure you check out Herbies new bright red trailer).  They are in easy to view thumbnails that make it easy (and a lot quicker) to download.  Just click on the picture you want to see for a larger view...    Funfest_1 (VW's), Funfest_2 (more VW's) and Funfest_3 (the Herbies and the  Batmobile).
 

Don Knotts - We are sorry ole Don is no longer with us, but at least we had the great pleasure of meeting him in Robinsonville, MS. while doing a show with Tim Conway (2002) to get his autograph...
 

The Love Bug on DVD - Just so everyone knows, Walt Disney has re-released The Love Bug on DVD with many hours of extra footage and interviews from some of our favorite stars.  Of course, Stephen and His Car Herbie was filmed on February 26, 2002 and can be found on Disk 2.  We don't have any footage here, but you can purchase your own copy over the internet....
 

Cruisin The Coast - In October (2003), we took a little ride up to Mississippi to show Herbie during the Annual Cruisin the Coast festivities which is a all week car cruise with around 6000 cars and which covers approx. 50 miles of Hwy 90 right along the beach between Ocean Springs and Bay St. Louis.  We had a ball and ole Herb was written up in 5 papers and also made a brief TV appearance.  You'll never guess what the newscaster said about him...

Add Some Special Effects To Your Car - Have you ever thought about adding a few special affects to your own car.  Well, it's not that hard to do.  Check out this easy idea for your own VW...