[Music Playing]
I'd like another sh*t
at that prize money.
Ok for next sunday?
No, jim,
it ain't ok.
Now, look, bryce,
I know--
no, you look.
All of my drivers
are 18, 19.
You're too old
for these kid snorts.
You're liable
to get hurt in there.
You used to be
a big track driver.
Ain't you got no pride?
I ran out of pride
when I ran out of cars.
Jim, you gotta
look at yourself.
Ok, you start out all right.
You win a couple of tracks,
you think
you're on your way.
But it didn't work out,
did it?
[Trolley Bell rings]
Much obliged.
You need any money?
Nope.
Hey...
What do you do
with this stuff?
It's for a friend.
[Torch Hissing]
Hey, how'd it go?
Ok.
I brought you
something.
Oh, thanks.
Oh,
the poor thing.
I'll find a good
spot for it.
You got hurt again.
So?
One of these days,
you're gonna get
wiped out entirely.
Why you gotta be
a driver?
Maybe that's not
your thing, racing.
How about all those
car agencies
down on van ness?
I bet that
a top mechanic there
gets a lot of good bread
laid on him.
What is the matter
with everybody?
Can't you understand?
I'm not a mechanic!
I'm a driver!
I know just how
you feel, jim.
Hey, I used to think
that I was happy
paintin' flower seeds.
Then one day,
inside me,
there was this
little voice, says,
"Tennessee steinmetz."
I said, "what?"
It said, "you ain't happy."
Well, I--
Tennessee, would you
tell me something?
Why is it the only thing
we ever have in this
house is parrot food?
I mean,
we don't have a parrot.
Hey, eat that.
That's good.
That's pressed kelp.
That aerates
your liver.
Then this voice
inside of me
continued
as follows--
"this is nowhere.
"You gotta make
a new scene.
You gotta change
your bag."
That's when I split.
I went to tibet,
to a mountaintop
with swamis and monks.
I discovered
my real self.
It was wonderful.
I don't have
to go to tibet.
I know who I am.
I know what I want.
Hey, there are
dirt-track races
at a carnival near
bakersfield this week.
If I can get over there,
I can pick up a
couple of bucks.
Ok to use your wheels?
Yeah, ok, but I'm afraid
you're gonna have
a little trouble
gettin' it started.
Where's the beast?
You didn't cut up
the edsel?
Came over me
all of a sudden.
It was the only
decent thing to do.
Believe me, jim.
It'll be happier
up there.
[Laughs]
[Trolley Bell ringing]
[Bang]
[Knocks]
Are you all right?
Are you dizzy?
Oh, no. Well, there's
a slight racking pain
in my head.
Oh, I think
you'd better sit down.
I'm really
terribly sorry.
Well, it's not
your fault.
I didn't mean
to startle you.
Looks like
you've been running
into all sorts
of things lately.
Yeah. Oh, oh, this
is just a little...
Oh, lady.
[Laughs]
Oh, really, sir.
Excuse me.
Over 400 cubes...
Dual quads,
all synchro box,
zero to 60 under 5.
All right, Miss bennett,
I'll see to this
gentleman myself.
May I be
of service, sir?
Uh, I--i see
that you're a person
who appreciates
fine things.
You're no doubt aware
that this is
the celebrated
thorndyke special,
and allow me to say,
sir, that I think
this car would
suit you very well.
Yes. Yes, it would.
Yes, may I offer you
a glass of sherry
and a biscuit?
Go right ahead.
I take it that
the question of price
does not greatly concern
a gentleman like yourself.
Oh, I wouldn't haggle,
if that's what you mean.
What price range
did you have in mind?
About $75.
$75? Ha ha!
I could go 80 in a pinch.
What do you have in the way
of cheap, honest
transportation?
Cheap, honest
transportation.
I will bid you
good day, sir.
Good day.
Hey.
Havershaw!
Now, where did this
come from?
Mr. Thorndyke,
yes, sir?
What is this thing doing
in my showroom, may I ask?
Oh, I believe
Miss bennett
may know something
about this.
Yes, uh, you remember
when Mrs. Van lewitt
purchased
her new bentley?
Well, she also
requested us to buy
a small used car
for her upstairs maid.
Then why isn't
her upstairs maid
in her blasted
vehicle?
The car was returned
this morning, Mr. Thorndyke.
She was having some kind
of difficulty with it.
Get it
out of here.
Yes, sir.
[Bang]
What's that for?
I beg your pardon?
Jim: WHY DON'T YOU LET
The little car alone?
Are you presuming
to tell me what to do
in my own establishment?
Ok, I'm outta line.
It just bugs me
to see somebody abusing
a decent piece of machinery.
Ha ha ha! Fascinating.
Well, now that we've had
the benefit
of your point of view,
shall we regard our
relationship as terminated?
Havershaw!
Get this eyesore
out of my showroom.
And if ever
I find it here again,
someone is going
to find himself
in a great deal
of trouble!
Yes, sir. Watch your
knees there, boys.
Here we go.
[Grunting]
Sorry. None of
my business, is it?
Perfectly all right.
Good-bye.
Oh, good-bye.
[Trolley Bell ringing]
[Ding Ding]
[Buzz]
Good morning.
Good morning.
What do you want?
Police.
Right. What do
you want?
Forgive me for pointing,
but have you ever seen
that car before?
Jim: NO.
No, I haven't.
Hey, he's a cute
little fella.
Hey, wait a minute.
I think I saw that car
at an agency yesterday.
Now permit me to inform you
of the following--
first, say nothing
that would jeopardize
your constitutional rights.
Second, the minute
that you get downtown,
I would advise
that you get a good lawyer.
Shall we go?
Go? What for?
On suspicion
of grand theft.
Look, now,
wait a minute.
There's something
cockeyed about this.
How did that
little car get here?
I share your curiosity.
Shall we go?
Ha ha ha!
I'll do it.
Ok. I'll do it.
But I just want
to go on record.
I have seen
some crummy stunts
in my time
used to sell cars,
but this
beats everything!
To plant this bug
in the possession
of an innocent man
and then to accuse me
of stealing it!
How dare you, sir?!
Are you suggesting
that I would stoop
to such tactics?
That's exactly what
I'm suggesting!
In the first place,
it might interest you
to know that under
normal circumstances,
I would never sell
a car to someone
with whom I'm not,
well, shall we say,
socially compatible.
Socially compatible?!
Please, please, let's not
go through that again.
I think we've worked
it out very well.
Mr. Douglas needs a car,
and for a very low
amount down,
and the usual
monthly payments,
the car will become his.
Very well, even though
my personal inclination
is to have Mr. Douglas
tapped into jail
and this 4-wheel
contrivance
dropped into the bay!
I think
Mr. Thorndyke
is being
very fair.
Fair?! It's not fair!
I'm being muscled!
I just want you to know
that I know I know it,
and I don't like it!
I'll draw up the papers.
Would you come with
me, please? Um...
Then get Mr. Douglas
and his acquisition
out of here
before I lose my temper!
[Splish]
What the--
[Tires Screech]
[Tires Screeching]
What's the matter,
you from LA. Or something?!
Fine. I thought
we'd run over
to that
new restaurant--
[Tires Screeching]
[Boing]
Have you gone mad?!
Ok, what's the joke?
What do you mean?
I don't know how
you rigged it,
but I'm sure that car's
a real cutup
when a convention
comes to town.
If I wanted a trick car,
I would've bought one
in a joke shop.
Allow me to say
that I haven't
the slightest idea what
you're talking about.
You come blithering up
in that beastly
little car
and as*ault
my personal rolls-royce!
I brought it back.
I want my money,
I want the papers
I signed,
and then
I'll get out of here,
and you 2 clowns can have
your little laugh.
Mr. Douglas, if there is
anything wrong with the car,
would you be good enough
to tell me what it is?
There's nothing essentially
wrong with the car.
It's just that it wants
to go one way,
and I'd like to go
the other.
Whatever it is, none
of it is covered
in our gilt-edged
guarantee.
Oh, I'm sure
of that.
If you examine
paragraph 12--
excuse me, Mr. Thorndyke,
but if I sold
this gentleman the car,
I feel a certain
responsibility.
Do you mind
if I try it?
Thorndyke:
Miss bennett!
Our dinner engagement.
I won't be
a minute.
Seems to be acting
all right now.
Sometimes new car owners
have a tendency
to exaggerate
their problems.
We get that
all the time.
Believe me, when I was
in this car alone, it was--
just treat it gently
at first.
It really is quite
a fine little automobile.
Have you had much
experience with cars?
Look, lady, by profession,
I'm a racing driver.
Oh, that jim douglas.
What do you mean,
"that jim douglas"?
Let's see. 2 years ago
at laguna seca,
you spun out
and hung a beautiful
buick special
on the back fence.
At willow springs--
was it a year ago
last february?
You sprayed a lotus
all over the infield.
How do you know
all that?
I have trouble
with names and faces,
but I never forget
a car.
I like good machinery.
Now, why don't you give
this little car
a fair chance?
You bought it, enjoy it.
You can drive me
back now.
[Tires Screech]
[Motor Rumbling]
How you doin', dad?
Want to give that
doodlebug a workout?
I'll go easy on you.
Be serious, will you?
[Starts Engine]
[Ding]
[Tires Screeching]
[Tires Screech]
Did you see
this thing take off?
One of your showboat
tricks, Mr. Douglas?
I tell you, I had
nothing to do with it.
Hey, we were turning.
Out of sight, man.
I wouldn't have
believed it.
Groovy, pop.
Groovy.
Well, as long
as the customer
finally seems pleased,
I'll just step out
and find myself
a taxi.
[Ding]
[Engine Revs]
Will you stop
the car, please?!
I'm trying! Look!
It's just like
I told you.
This thing's starting
to act up again.
How very odd.
When I was driving,
there was no problem
whatsoever.
[Tires Screeching]
I can't seem to do
anything with it!
Mr. Douglas,
I'm asking you nicely
to pull over to that curb
and let me out!
Look, I'm sorry about
your date! I really am!
I didn't want you to Miss
your dinner engagement!
[Horn Honks]
What's the rush,
tiger?
We got all night.
Good-bye, Mr. Douglas.
Here, I'll help you.
I can get out,
thank you!
What'll it be,
chief?
Oh, hey, look, we have
a little problem here.
Would you mind helping
the young lady
get her car door open?
Look, I'm busy!
And furthermore,
I ain't no mechanic.
All I do here
is sell food,
and that ain't
too good.
You want something
or don't you?
Help!
Uh, 2 hamburgers
and a coffee.
Help!
Can you help me, please?
Help! I'm a prisoner!
I can't get out!
We all prisoners,
chickie baby.
We all locked in.
[Sighs]
Hmm.
A couple of weirdoes,
guinevere.
What--
wait a minute, now.
Hold it, hold it.
Let me open
the door.
Hey, knock it off,
will you, sis?
I ain't sayin' this is
the classiest joint in town,
but we gotta draw
the line somewhere.
Come on,
back in your seat.
Why don't you go up
to seabreeze point?
Fuzz don't bother you
much up there.
Thanks.
I wish there was
some way I could make up
for those hamburgers.
Mr. Douglas, please
don't go on about it.
I'm quite sure that
if I were driving,
none of these things
would've happened.
[Tires Screech]
It's all yours.
Now I think you'll see
what's what.
[Engine Revs,
tires screech]
This is
very embarrassing.
[Engine Sputters]
Yes, it is.
I would've preferred
knowing you
a little longer first.
Just a minute!
You don't for one
solitary instant dare
to think that I drove
you here on purpose?
Oh, don't try
to explain.
The point is,
you brought me here.
I did not
bring you here!
It's this nasty
little car.
[Engine Sputters]
But you said
yourself earlier
it's a very nice
little car.
And as you said before,
it does have some
peculiar traits,
and I agree with you
completely.
As a matter of fact,
bring it in tomorrow,
and I'll find
a replacement for you.
I don't want
the car replaced.
As a matter of fact,
I'm beginning
to like it.
[Engine Sputters]
Oh!
Don't panic,
don't panic.
There must be someplace
I can call a taxi.
[Engine Sputters]
Whew.
Ohh!
[Engine Starts]
Hey!
[Tires Screech]
You know,
for a moment there,
I thought you weren't
going to stop.
What's the matter now?
Hey, look,
this is ridiculous.
Let's get back
in the car, huh?
Hold it!
Hold it, everybody.
Just a moment,
please.
Something
the matter?
Uh, is this man
bothering you?
No, not exactly.
It's ok,
we're together.
Is that
your car?
My--
well--
yes, yes it is.
Ok, then.
Move along.
Hey, bud!
Yeah?
Not too smart
wandering around
the park at night.
Right.
I'll drive.
[Starts Engine]
She'll drive.
I should've given
you a citation!
You ought to have
enough sense
to put your brakes on
while your car is stopped!
[Splash]
[Ducks Quacking]
Well, then
if everything
that you say about
this car is true,
it's already
starting to happen.
What's starting
to happen?
Us human beings.
We had a chance
to make something
out of this world.
We blew it. Ok.
Another kind
of a civilization
is gonna
take a turn.
Give me an 11-mill
wrench, will ya?
I'm sitting up on top
of this mountain, right?
Right.
I'm surrounded
by these gurus
and swamis
and monks, right?
Right.
I'm looking
at my stomach,
I'm knocking back
a little rice wine.
Mm-hmm.
Got some
contemplation going.
I see things
like they are.
I could have told you
all this was coming.
What's coming?
Jim, it's happening
right under our noses,
and we can't see it.
We take machines,
and we stuff them
with information
until they're smarter
than we are.
Take a car.
Most guys
spread more love
and time and money
on a car in a week
than they do on their
wife and kids in a year.
Pretty soon,
you know what?
The machine
starts to think
it is somebody.
I'm not saying that
a mechanical thing--
it can't be a friend.
Like, when I was
broke one summer,
there was this giant
claw machine
in the sutro
amusement park.
And it would grab
cameras and watches
and drop them down
a hole to me.
And I would hawk them
and buy lunch.
You follow me?
Yeah, yeah.
I think you were
up on that
mountaintop too long.
Contrary-wise,
the traffic light
down the street
hates my guts.
I don't know why,
but in the last 6 weeks,
I haven't caught
anything
but a stop signal.
And it makes me wait
than anybody else--
I timed it.
There's
things like that
happen to lots
of other people, too,
but the other people,
they don't tell
no other people
because the other people
would say, "aah..."
Tennessee,
that traffic light is
a lot of nuts and bolts.
This little car--
lot of nuts and bolts.
Everything explains itself
one way or the other.
You're not
listening to me.
Don't lose your grip,
old buddy.
This little car didn't do
one thing tonight
that can't be explained
in terms of short circuits,
sprung doors,
grabbing steering,
worn knuckles--
maybe some
advertising gimmick.
I'll fix it.
I don't think
you got the picture.
I got a beautiful picture.
This baby happens to have
an extra turn of speed,
which is the only thing
I care about.
You don't understand
what happens, do you?
They make 10,000 cars,
they make them
exactly the same way,
and one or two of them
turn out to be
something special.
Nobody knows why.
I know why.
I may be kidding myself,
but I think I can
make something
out of that sad little
bucket of bolts.
Save these.
They'll be famous someday.
I'm your friend.
[Boat Horn blows]
Want to take a ride?
I want to check
those adjustments
I made last night.
Ok.
Be right with you.
[Dogs Barking]
[Whistling]
Hey! Come here!
All right, you guys,
get out of there.
Out! Come on!
Who do you guys
think you are?
Stop clowning around,
will you?
Play it straight.
Don't give him
any trouble.
You could have
a good home here.
What's all that racket?
Nothing, nothing.
Oh. Hop in.
What'd I tell you?
Now it handles good.
All the bugs are gone.
Herbie's all right.
Who's herbie?
This little car--
named after my uncle herb.
He used to box
middleweight--
preliminary mostly.
Gradually his nose
got shaped more and more--
like to remind me
of this little car.
Do you mind?
Whatever you say,
Tennessee.
Herbie.
[Honk Honk]
I'll take them.
Thank you, sir.
What's that for?
An oil job.
Huh?
I got a small knock
in my conscience.
Thank you.
[Motor Revving]
Now we get down
to business.
You gonna race?
What do you think?
Oh, boy, won't
herbie love that!
Le mans, monte carlo,
thrills, glamour,
the roar
of the crowd!
[Motors Roaring]
He really does drive.
If you cold give me
one good reason
for bringing me down
to this ridiculous
desert--
isn't that
the scruffy little car
we had in the shop?
Now
we're going!
[Whispering]
You're doing terrific, Herbie,
but don't make it look
too easy.
Play it smart.
Ok, jim, go ahead!
You're raring now!
So who cares?
I'll tell you one thing,
I certainly don't intend
losing any sleep
over that absurd car.
Come on. Come on!
Now, herbie, now! Now!
[Laughing]
P.A. Announcer:
The winner, number 53,
jim douglas, driving
a class "d" special.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
Good race, jim.
Thanks, ray.
Oh, boy, was herbie
ever great today.
Hey, I was out there, too.
Wouldn't you say that was
a fair piece of driving?
Hey, I'm not trying to take
anything away from you,
but you gotta admit
that this little guy
backed you all the way.
Yep. It's a nice
little car.
You know
something else?
For the first time
in a long while,
I felt my real self
out there today.
I mean,
a sense of authority,
like the top drivers
have, you know?
I kind of felt
you felt that.
Tennessee, I wouldn't
admit this to anybody else,
but I was beginning to think
I'd never be anything more
than a piston-happy,
lead-foot punk.
Then this
starts to happen.
Tennessee:
I'm glad for you, jim.
You know that.
Well, hello.
I see
you finally learned
how to handle this car.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
What have you done
to this thing?
Oh, an adjustment here,
an adjustment there.
Do you want
to sell it back?
I own most of it
anyway, you know.
Still 23 payments
to go.
Well, uh--
I'll tell you
what I'll do.
I'll take the car
and give you a thousand
dollars clear.
Now what do you
say to that?
No! You don't
want to do that.
It's all right, Tennessee.
I know what I'm doing.
I think Mr. Thorndyke
is a little mixed up
as to who or what
won that race.
And what does
that mean?
Someday I'll teach you
not to confuse the car
with the driver.
I should welcome
the opportunity.
Mr. Thorndyke,
I think that's
a very good idea
of yours.
What is?
You're racing
in the libra open
at riverside the end
of the month, right?
Yes.
I'm sure that Mr. Douglas
would like to get
the remainder of
his payments off his back.
No doubt.
But why should I think
that's such a good idea?
Well, if Mr. Douglas
entered the race,
he could bet his share
of the little car
against
the remaining payment.
What do you say,
douglas?
Winner to become
the sole owner of the car.
A moment ago you mentioned
teaching me a lesson.
Do I now detect
a note of timidity?
Racing--
that's the name of
the game, isn't it?
Win or lose,
put up or shut up.
You got yourself
a deal, thorndyke.
Splendid.
The drivers' meeting
is over.
Now the third race
of the afternoon
will get underway
here at riverside.
You keep your eye
on your friend
in the bug, my dear.
I'm going
to squash him.
P.A. Announcer:
Clear the grid!
Clear the grid, please.
Can't help
feeling yippie.
If anything goes wrong,
we lose herbie altogether.
I thought
you were the guy
with all the faith
in this car.
Yeah,
I got it, yeah.
Announcer:
And now the starter
has his flag in the air.
The engines are started,
and in just a moment
we'll have the start.
All the cars looking
very smart on the grid.
Drivers signify that
they're ready to race
with their hands
extended in the air.
The flag is up,
and there we go!
[Engines Roaring]
Announcer:
Cars stretching out now.
All cars off the starting
grid and through turn one.
To the open now.
Now the leader's
all by himself now.
Here is the number 14 car
of thorndyke
going into the sweeper turn.
The rest of the field
all stretched out
as they charge down
the backstretch.
Not yet, herbie!
Not yet!
The standings at lap 23--
thorndyke still leading,
lesser running second,
and erwin in third place.
Now, herbie, now!
[Engine Revving]
Now car number 53, douglas,
starts to make a move!
Picking up cars
as he goes by car number 20,
into the sweeper
very hard and fast.
Going through traffic,
passing number 23 now,
is car number 53, douglas.
He has just come alive
and is making a challenge
in this race.
Passing cars as he goes
down the back-straight.
Car number 53, douglas,
making his bid.
Into the straight now
is thorndyke, car number 14.
Now the pressure's on!
Douglas, number 53,
is drawing close on thorndyke.
...And is pressing
the leader now.
Now making his bid to pass
but he can't get by.
Shut off by thorndyke,
the number 14 car.
[Chuckles]
Goes slightly off course,
takes out some oranges,
and apparently
is out of control.
...Into the number 4
shut off card.
[Chuckles]
Thorndyke continuing on
as the number 53 car--
now he's making
his re-entrance.
Look out!
[Splat]
Man: HEY,
Nice going, champ!
Thank you
very much.
Hey, what a champ!
Way to drive!
Just a moment,
Mr. Thorndyke--
I demand that this thing
is impounded and checked!
I tell you,
there's more going on here
than meets the eye!
[Splish]
[Mariachi Music playing]
Muchas gracias,
seor.
Gracias.
A usted, tambien.
[Speaking Spanish]
[g*nsh*t]
[Engines Roaring]
[Tires Squealing]
[Clucking]
[Crowd Cheering]
[Crowd Laughing]
[Mariachi Music stops]
Carole: YOU DON'T LOOK WELL
In these pictures lately.
How could I look well?
I haven't been
able to sleep.
That rotten car
is driving me piffy!
Has it occurred to you
that it may not be
the rotten car?
Perhaps it's the way
Mr. Douglas drives.
Balderdash!
There isn't
a driver in the world
who can get that speed
out of a car like that.
No, he's done
something to it,
and I've got
to find out what!
You've become obsessed
by this whole thing.
There are other cars,
other races.
Why don't you
just forget it?
My dear child,
how little you know me.
Yes, Mr. Thorndyke.
Carole?
How long have you
been with us?
A year and a half,
almost 2--why?
You know, I'm afraid
I've been a little remiss
in not telling you
long before now
how very well you've proved
in all your duties.
Well, thank you.
And carole?
As I realize you have
the best interests
of this organization
at heart,
I want you to accede
to a somewhat
unusual request.
Oh?
[Telephone Ringing]
Peter thorndyke.
It's for you.
All right,
you can take it here.
Thank you.
Yes,
good afternoon.
Oh, I think that
should be quite all right.
Uh, 7:30 will be fine.
Yes, uh, bye.
I'd like you to see
this douglas fellow.
Get to know him.
Who knows?
If he has the talents
of which I believe
him capable,
perhaps we can give him
the opportunity
of joining
our organization,
racing under our colors,
but first we must know
something about him.
How about tonight?
Very good.
At 7:30?
Very good.
Why waste time?
Oh, and, carole,
another thing--
leave your car.
Take the special.
He likes that one.
Uh, thank you.
[Laughs]
I think I ought
to tell you
that that was Mr. Douglas
who just called.
Excellent--strike while
the iron is hot.
In all honesty,
I should like to point out
that I agreed
to have dinner with him
before you suggested it.
Well, I salute
your honesty, my dear--
a quality not necessarily
to be despised.
Thank you.
A very loyal girl.
[Whistling]
Got herbie all polished
out for you.
Uh, carole bennett
called back.
She's gonna pick me up
in the special.
You mean you're not
taking herbie?
He's looking forward
to some relaxation
just like you are.
[Horn Honks]
The car is--
see you later,
Tennessee.
Some thanks after what
herbie did for you.
Don't let it get you,
herbie.
Jim didn't mean it.
Don't forget,
he isn't the first guy
ever to lose his head
over a bucket seat
and a paint job.
He'll come to his senses.
[Door Bell buzzing]
Good evening.
Sorry, the other rats
are out for the evening!
No, no, please--
I didn't come by
to see Mr. Douglas.
I just came by
to pay my respects
to that gallant
little car.
Huh?
There it is.
What a marvel
it is, indeed.
I don't get you,
fella.
Oh, come, come, sir,
I know a rare bit
of machinery
when I see one.
And after all,
who should know it
better than I?
I, who have been
trounced
time and again
by this paragon.
You will forgive me
for saying so, sir,
but it does
take class to know
when it has been
defeated by class.
You know something,
Mr. Thorndyke,
I may have
misjudged you.
Well, thank you.
I've been misjudging
a lot of people lately.
Would you like a drink?
Some irish coffee--
specialty of the house,
my own mother's recipe.
That's very kind of you,
I'd love it.
I'll be back in a jiffy!
Well, that's most kind.
Thank you so much.
It's just incredible,
isn't it, to think
that this innocent-
seeming object
is capable
of such great deeds.
[Hissing]
How, indeed.
The trick is,
always remember
to have
asbestos gloves
when you make coffee
this way.
Thorndyke:
Definitely, yes.
Yes, quite--
quite fascinating.
Here we go.
Ooh! Oh! Oh...
[Chuckles]
How very refreshing.
Well, thank you.
Up the irish.
To the little car,
a gallant adversary,
and may the best car
win at riverside.
May the best car
win.
Yes.
Oh, that's very good,
isn't it?
Very good, indeed.
Like it?
What do you think?
I can't stand
that hungry look
any longer.
Take over.
You know what
I said to myself
the first time
I saw you?
What?
I said to myself,
now, there's
a real lady.
This is how
it ought to be.
Me and these kind
of wheels.
Excuse me asking,
but aren't you
doing all right
with the little car?
Sure.
But can you imagine
how I'd make it with
equipment like this?
Is it so
important to you?
Without a real car,
I'm only half a man.
What part of ireland
did you say
your mother came from?
Coney ireland.
Ha ha ha ha!
I'm gonna make
some more coffee.
[Laughing]
[Tennessee Singing softly]
[Humming]
[Laughing]
Well, would you like
a spot of this?
I like a spot
of anything.
I'm so sorry.
Then we're gonna
drink to herbie.
Greatest little car
in the whole world.
Yes, quite right.
Hear, hear.
Hear, hear.
To herbie.
To herbie.
I'm so sorry
about your hand.
I do apologize.
Mmm! Herbie.
What do you know,
the engine stalled.
How 'bout that--
door's stuck.
Mmm.
That's how it is
with cars sometimes.
Yes, mmm.
Guess we'll have to
wait and see
what happens next.
Well, as someone
very wisely once said,
"that's how it is
with cars sometimes."
I just said that.
Oh.
I wonder if your reputation
is altogether true.
What's
my reputation?
Oh, I've heard
that jim douglas
is only interested in
fast cars and easy money.
Not true.
Oh?
Mm-hmm.
You know
something else?
What?
When the light
hits you just right,
you're as beautiful
as general grant
on the $50 bill.
[Fluids Swishing]
Oh, dear me.
You want to know
the secret
of the little car?
I do, indeed.
I'll tell you the secret
of the little car.
No, just a minute.
All right, tell me.
It's heart.
That's what it is--
heart.
Heart.
Yes, well,
I'm certainly
going to make
a note of that.
[Engine Revs,
people chatter]
Headache gone?
All gone.
Anticipation
of victory
is the purest form
of aspirin.
This is my day.
P.A. Announcer:
Clear the grid.
Clear the grid, please.
You seem very confident.
You know,
I believe I am.
Announcer: OFF THE GRID,
Going into turn one,
field stretching out now.
Everybody into the turn
very nicely.
Coming through traffic now,
making a move
is peter thorndyke
in the number 14 car,
picking up a few cars
in that turn.
Picks up 3 more cars,
going into the lead now.
Thorndyke leading this race
in car number 14.
Now making a move is
car number 53, douglas,
who also picks up about 3 cars
as he goes charging
into the traffic.
And is in hot pursuit
of thorndyke
in the number 14 car.
As they go down
the back-straight...
Number 53 leading the pack.
'Atta way, jimmy boy!
Go, jimmy! Ha ha ha!
So far jim douglas
seems to have
everything pretty much
to himself.
HE COMES THROUGH THE "S"s
Into turn 6 well in control.
[Clunk, Boing]
[Boing]
Announcer: AS WE COME DOWN
The back-straight,
douglas is slowing down
and thorndyke is zooming by
into the sweeper turn.
It looks as though the douglas
car is having trouble.
Yes, number 53
is fading fast.
It is developing
a problem of some kind.
[Tires Screeching]
Come in! Come in!
Come in!
[Herbie Belching]
[Splat]
Irish coffee.
[Sputtering]
[Popping And coughing]
[Boom]
[Crowd Cheering]
I'll be here all night
if necessary. Ha ha ha!
I can take
any amount of this.
Right, there we are.
Don't worry, little guy.
You'll be home soon.
There we are.
Right,
right you are.
Do you mind
standing clear?
They want me
on my own.
I'll see you
in a minute.
[Squirting]
[Splat]
[Laughter]
Poor little fella.
You got a temperature.
Don't worry,
jim will be back soon.
He never would have left
if it hadn't been
something important.
[Sputtering And belching]
I know,
nothing worse
than an irish coffee
hangover.
[Doorbell Buzzing]
That you, jim?
Mind if I come in?
Sure, come on.
I wouldn't blame you
if you threw me out.
On account of what
thorndyke did?
How can I blame
anyone?
Thorndyke ruined
the little car
right under my nose.
Where's jim?
Don't know.
He went out as soon
as we got back.
Didn't say a word.
Left herbie
and me flat.
Doesn't he take care of
his car after a race?
Can you do something?
Like what?
Well, uh,
help the little car.
I'm not a mechanic,
but I think
it's suffering.
Suffering?
Please.
Mind if I use
those coveralls?
Right.
Oh, uh, look,
I want to tell you
so you don't
have to worry.
I'm not with
peter thorndyke anymore.
I don't think his way.
Oh, I know that.
How do you know?
Well, herbie wouldn't
like you, otherwise.
Herbie wouldn't like me?
Miss bennett,
I Gotta--i gotta
level with somebody.
I can't talk to jim.
Oh, it would
destroy him.
You don't know
what it was like
before the little car
came along.
Jim was defeated.
It was m*rder.
He couldn't get a job.
He got into trouble.
Everybody
was on his back.
Then herbie
came into his life.
You remember that day?
I remember.
Well, jim started
winning races again,
he got his
self-respect back.
What am I gonna do?
Tell him that
it was herbie
winning those races,
not him?
Uh, was it herbie?
Well, I--
you fix the little car.
I'll tell you
what's going on.
I didn't know
nothing.
Then I went
to tibet.
I plugged into this
contemplation thing...
[Running Smoothly]
How's that sound?
Like the song
of a bluebird.
Well, the fuel lines
are clean,
plugs are clean,
wiring checks out.
Looks like we're
in pretty good shape.
Herbie and I
sure appreciate it.
You don't believe
a word I said
about this little car,
do you?
Well, there's always
a first time.
I imagine
adam thought woman
was a pretty funny
piece of equipment
when he met eve.
Well, that's a start.
You can't believe it
all right away.
It takes time.
[Motor Running]
Well, hello there.
Hi.
What's this?!
You ever see anything
so beautiful?
Very nice.
What's the big idea?
You already got a car.
Not after what happened
today I don't.
Ah, shut up. You want
herbie to hear you?
Now don't start that
again, Tennessee.
Look, the el dorado
is coming up.
There are real cars
lined up in there.
I need something
that can cut it.
Herbie's cut it
so far, hasn't he?
Of course
he has!
Now, hold it,
you two.
I've done great with
this little car so far,
thanks to a few
changes I made
and, if you don't mind,
some pretty fair
country driving.
But I gotta stop
kidding myself.
I need
a big, strong car.
Now I got it.
Don't pay any attention.
Don't even look at it.
[Telephone Ringing]
[Ring]
Hello?
Peter thorndyke here.
Well, well.
Yeah, yeah,
thorndyke,
I know what
you did to my car.
You need your brains
kicked out.
Well, you can imagine
how I must feel.
You see, I'm simply
not responsible
when I've been drinking--
you know how it is.
Forget it.
And good-bye.
Wait, wait, wait.
I understand
from a friend of mine
that you purchased
a new lamborghini today.
So?
I'm also informed
that you owe
a great deal
of money on it.
Now, myself,
for sentimental reasons,
I like the little car,
and I'm
perfectly willing
to increase
my previous offer
and give you
$1,500 for it--
now, immediately.
I'm in the vicinity.
Thorndyke,
I don't like you.
But I can use
your money.
You got yourself a deal.
Come and get it.
What do you mean
you got yourself a deal?
I'm selling
the little car.
You're what?!
Don't make a fuss.
I need the money.
You crumb!
You can't do that
to herbie!
Carole, will you
tell him how it is?
Out in
the real world?
Me? Ha!
Well, near as I can figure it,
I'm not too smart either.
I get rid of one heel
just in time
to find another.
Well, now,
what happened to you?
I thought you'd be
on my side.
Not when you do something
like this to herbie.
Has everybody gone nuts
around here?
I can understand
how Tennessee feels.
He's just in off
a flying saucer.
But You--i thought
you made sense.
Something tells me
it's very, very wrong
to sell that little car.
Well, thank you
for your opinion,
but what am I
supposed to do?
Now,
I need the money.
Tennessee,
if I don't sell--
don't talk to me.
I'm--i'm sorry.
I shouldn't have
butted in.
You're absolutely right.
As a matter of fact,
I don't know--
what are you
doing here?
I wish I knew.
I really wish I knew!
[Banging]
If I weren't
so young and innocent,
a certain thought
might enter my mind.
Such as?
Such as you went out
with me last night
so that thorndyke could get
a sh*t at the little car.
Is that what you think?
You gotta admit
it's tempting.
Ok. Ok, you want to know
what I was doing here?
Well, I felt sorry about
what happened today.
So I quit thorndyke
and came over here
like a full-grown idiot
to find out
if I could make up
for it in some way.
Well, isn't that a beautiful
thought for the day?
Very touching.;
makes me glow.
[Banging]
I think it's
just about time
someone told you
what the score is.
You see, Tennessee's
too tender-hearted.
You really think it was you
winning those races?
Yes, I think
it was me winning--
what do you mean
it wasn't me winning--
pardon me.
All right.
Do you want me
to tell you something,
my windbag friend?
I admit, I didn't believe it
when Tennessee told me before,
but now I see it makes
all kinds of sense.
What?
That thimble head of yours
has gotten all swelled up.
You're not winning
any of those races.
You couldn't win
a game of marbles
from a 12-toed myopic
rhinoceros!
Let me--
will you knock it off
out there, Tennessee?!
Can't hear myself think.
I'm not out there,
Crumb--i'm here.
Well, hold it down.
I'll--
[Banging]
Well, then
what's this noise?
[Bam Bam bam]
No!
[Wham]
Stop it! Stop it!
You don't know
what you're doing!
Look! Look what
it did to my car!
Ok, ok, maybe it was
a little jealous!
Of course it's jealous.
It's always been jealous
because I get credit
for winning those races.
[Engine Stops]
Go on. Realize
what you're saying?
[Drops Shovel]
[Chuckles]
At a time like this,
whatever kind
of time it is,
I always say that money
serves to ease the pain.
Good evening,
my dear.
Here you are, sir--
$1,500 for the small car,
just as I promised.
I note it's not
in mint condition,
but I am nothing if not
always a man of my word.
[Chuckling]
Uh, 2,000!
What about 2,000?
It's the least I can do
to help a fellow human
at a time like this.
Shall we consider it
a deal?
$2,000?
Yes.
$2,000 for that little
b*at-up car. Why?
Well, I suppose
you could say
I have a warm place
in my heart
for the dear
little thing.
You don't have a warm place
on your whole body.
What do you want it for?
You don't want it.
I do. Take the money.
You! You, too!
There's no need
to be abusive.
I'm simply trying to
give you some money!
I don't want your money!
What do you want the car for?
Well, I--i--
you believe it.
You believe it, too!
Thorndyke:
Believe what?
Jim, it don't matter
whether you believe
herbie or not.
Herbie don't believe
in you no more.
What?
Well, where'd he go?
Where is he?
Took off.
What do you expect?
Well, come on,
let's find him!
This is a private thing
between the two of you.
Good luck.
Herbie!
Herbie!
[Chuckles]
A rum lot you've taken
up with, my dear.
You better find that car
before I do, my friend.
Woman on phone:
Operator?
Mobile kqx2942,
I want 567-3998.
Havershaw? I shall
require the personnel
of both our day
and night shifts.
We have a small task
to perform.
Herbie!
Herbie!
[Clunk]
[Clunk]
That's it.
[Motor Whirring]
Jim: HERBIE!
[High-pitched
Honking]
[Beep Beep]
[Footsteps]
[Honks]
Excuse me.
Havershaw,
tear it apart!
All right, boys,
you heard Mr. Thorndyke.
Tear it apart.
Thorndyke: I'M GONNA
Find out what makes it tick!
[Tires Screeching]
After it!
After it!
[Tires Screeching]
Go on, grab the brute!
Hang onto it, you fools!
Hang on!
[Engine Revving]
[Screeching]
[Band Playing]
Herbie!
[Engine Revving]
[Honking]
[Beep]
[Speaking Chinese]
Give me police station!
Hello! Police station!
[High-pitched
Honking]
Herbie!
[Honking]
[Motor Running]
Hey, you!
Did a little car
come by here?
Yeah, just did
without paying the--
[Engine Revving]
No, herbie! Don't!
[Engine Revving]
Herbie?!
[Screeching]
Herb! Back up!
Herbie?
Come on, baby,
it's gonna be
a beautiful day
tomorrow.
Oh!
Herbie, give me
some help!
Herb?!
I can't hang on
much longer!
[Screeching]
[Revving]
[Siren Wailing]
Boy, was he lucky.
This little car
saved his life.
What do you mean,
the car saved his life?
That's what
it looked like
for a moment there--
[Chuckles]
You know how funny
things can look
in the fog
sometimes?
I think you've
been up on that
haight-ashbury b*at
too long.
[Men Shouting in chinese]
[Low Honking]
[Speaking Chinese]
[Rattling Honk]
[Speaking Chinese]
Swing that light
over here.
[Honking]
[Beep]
Aha!
What's that thing?
It's a dried squid,
sergeant.
Mm.
Here's the damages.
Can you pay it?
I'm sorry.
I have no money.
Then your car
will be impounded.
My guess is,
the judge will order you
to sell it at auction
and the proceeds
given to Mr. Wu.
Tennessee:
Wait a minute.
May I please speak to
the gentleman, please?
I spent some time up on
a chinese-type mountain
teaching english
to some of them.
You taught english?
Let's don't get
personal.
It's a matter
of talking
their language.
You have a little
feel for tradition
and some courtesy,
you'd be surprised.
You can unscrut
the unscrutable.
Go ahead.
[Speaking Chinese]
Ah...
[Speaking Chinese]
Herbie?
Herbie!
Oh!
Oh! Things are
shaping up.
He's a car buff.
Good, good.
[Speaking Chinese]
Wow.
What's the matter?
We just got
a new problem.
He likes the car
so much
he wants to keep it.
Ok, the car is his,
but he has to let me
drive it in the el dorado.
Now, if I win,
tell him he gets to keep
the prize money,
but he has to sell herbie
back to me for a dollar.
Now you speak
my language.
[Laughing]
Announcer: ATTENTION,
Drivers and owners,
report to Mr. Granatelli
at the president's
headquarters.
Further, you must remain
on the secondary roads,
which have been posted
for this race.
Other than that,
we've tried to reduce
the rules to a minimum.
Instead of all this
technical mamby-pamby
there's so much of today,
we're putting the emphasis
on speed, endurance,
and courage--
the way it used to be.
[Applause]
As you know, this is
open formula racing.
Anything goes--
any style of car
and crew you wish.
The object, gentlemen,
is to win.
I wish you all
the very best of luck.
[Applause]
Tang wu, I understand
that you are
the new owner
of the douglas car.
As I, too, am interested
in the vehicle,
I took the liberty
of looking you up.
Thank you.
You will therefore
forgive me, sir,
when I say that
you are perhaps
not quite as naive
as you look.
In point of fact,
you are a very
shrewd operator,
one who has managed
to acquire,
by one means
or another--
legitimate means,
of course--
a number of
varied enterprises.
It is truly written,
one cannot
lose them all.
In the light of this,
would you entertain
a sizable wager
on the outcome
of the race?
Wager?
The goddess of fortune
will always find me
her most ardent suitor.
Splendid, splendid.
Shall we step in here?
A little more private.
You're Mr. Thorndyke.
I've always
wanted to meet you.
You've heard of me?
How charming.
Are you not
the gentleman
who originated
the idea of small print
on bottom of automobile
sales contract?
The very same.
A most worthy
adversary.
You are most kind.
And now, sir,
the terms of our wager.
What would you like?
What have you got?
[Chuckling]
Ahem.
Ok, let's mount up.
How's our little friend?
I hope it holds
together.
Holds together?
It was so b*at up,
I had to cut the frame
to straighten it out.
Excuse me.
[Chuckling]
Is this the morning bus
to fresno?
Thorndyke, this little
car goes so fast,
we need 3 people inside
just to hold it
on the ground.
Well, you certainly
picked the right crew.
Toodle-oo
break a leg,
thorndyke.
Havershaw, I trust
you've not been
wasting your time.
Spent a few
useful moments
with the small car?
Yes, sir.
Based then on what
you now know,
what would you say
are the chances
of victory
for the douglas car?
I would say
that they range
from slight
to impossible.
Havershaw,
you are a rat
after my own heart.
Thank you, sir.
Gentlemen,
start your engines!
[Engines Revving]
[Tires Screeching]
[Upbeat Music playing]
You're giving it
a nice ride.
Ok to uncurl
my toes now?
We past everybody?
Everyone
but thorndyke.
Let's
go to work.
They're coming up
on us, sir.
Well, we're not
too concerned,
are we?
Now, havershaw,
aren't we coming
to that rather
dangerous,
oily spot
in the road?
Coming right up,
sir.
[Chuckling]
[Screech]
Come on, push!
Push, you worm!
Jim, that's water!
Here we go!
Mr. Thorndyke,
that isn't me!
Give me something
to wipe my goggles!
Havershaw,
did you ever think
of having a manicure?
There they are.
Now watch me blow them
off the road.
[Honking]
Who's the guy
in the fur coat?
This is no time
for eating, you fool!
Where are we?
How far is chinese camp?
What's the matter
with you?
Don't you even know
how to open a map?
[Growls]
[Growls]
Aah!
[Squeals]
[Crash]
[Sighs]
[Roars]
Aah!
At the moment,
the leaders of the race
are approaching
the historic mining towns
of the mother lode.
In first position, as he
moves past checkpoint 3,
is jim douglas.
Peter thorndyke, in the
special, has regained
his relief driver
and is rapidly
making up lost ground
as the 2 pacemakers
near the famous
old mining community
of chinese camp.
[Sputtering]
Now what?
I don't know.
We can't be out
of gas this soon.
Here.
Wait a minute.
I got a suspicion.
What's
the matter?
Just as I thought--
water.
They did it again.
Now what do we do?
Give me the map.
All right, it looks
like chinese camp's
about 3 miles
from here.
Now, if we
come down the--
hey.
[Chinese Music playing]
What goes?
No sweat, man.
This is
uncle wu's car.
You don't think
he'd let
anyone put it down,
do you?
E-easy, fellas.
The jim douglas car appears
to have run into trouble.
There has been
no sign of him
past checkpoint 9.
Peter thorndyke is refueling
at chinese camp.
[Bell Rings]
[Gong Rings]
Thorndyke:
Come on, come on,
will you?!
I'm in a hurry!
Sure thing.
I tell father.
[Speaking Chinese]
My father say
hurry is waste.
Waste is cr*ck bowl,
which never no rice.
I don't care
how cracked
your father's
rice bowl is.
What I want--
[Bell Ringing repeatedly]
[Gong Rings]
Hey!
Some of you people
get over here
right away!
Ok, you're on your way!
Hooray!
Hooray!
I'm getting out of here.
Not full.
Can't go yet.
Oh, just you watch me.
[Tires Screeching]
[Dripping]
As we come
to the midway point
in the first day's racing,
peter thorndyke, after
a delay at chinese camp,
is beginning to catch up
with the rest of the field.
[Engines Roaring]
[Honking]
[Laughing]
That knocked him off
the christmas tree, sir.
[Laughing]
This is our kind of terrain
from here on out--
all downhill.
How true it is
that the best ways
are the simplest
ways after all.
That's what
I always say, sir.
Oh, shut up!
[Tires Screeching]
We should be coming soon
to what is either
a rail tunnel
or a bridge.
Oh, here's a tunnel.
That must be it.
Tennessee:
What are you doing?
It's an elevator.
But herbie doesn't fit.
Everybody out.
No sign of them.
You may open the wine
now, havershaw.
It's chilled the way
you like it, sir.
Jim: ALL RIGHT,
Give me a hand.
Altogether now.
[Pulley Squeaking]
To you, sir.
My unbounded
admiration.
Thank you.
Mmm. You know something
about champagne, sir?
Havershaw,
if you tell me
that the bubbles
tickle your nose,
I shall probably
k*ll you!
Eek!
Get rid
of that slop.
[Tires Squeal]
Shouldn't that wheel
have come off by now?
It's long overdue,
sir.
I'm terribly embarrassed
by the delay.
I don't know what--
stop whimpering!
I'll just give them
a friendly nudge.
[Tires Squeal]
Hey, where'd that wheel
come from?
[Scraping]
[Tires Squeal]
[Crash]
Hold it!
All right, don't do
anything sudden.
Is it all right if
I just cry real soft?
Carol, put your feet
back here on the bumper.
Now give me your hand.
Let go, let go.
Give me your hand.
I'm trying, but my mind
don't get the message.
Come on, come on.
Now come
right over the top.
Atta-boy.
All right, let's get
the spare wheel on
and get herbie
back on the road.
Thorndyke again.
He made a pizza
out of it.
Announcer: AND NOW,
Here in Virginia city,
the terminal point for
the first day of
the el dorado,
we're all looking down
the road from the west.
And, actually,
at any moment now,
we should be seeing
the car
that will complete
the first half of
the el dorado,
the run for the gold.
Up in the judges's stand,
the judges and the timers
are ready.
Just a moment.
The first car is coming
in sight right now.
He is really flying
down the road.
And there he goes by us.
[Cheering]
[Scraping]
Is he making it
all right, Tennessee?
Uh...
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Waah!
Whoa!
Stop, jim, will you?
Waah!
Now, don't anybody
breathe.
Jim: READY?
[Scraping]
Aah!
Actually, at this hour,
only one car
is unaccounted for.
There's been
absolutely no word
of the douglas special,
which figured
so very prominently
in the early stages
of the race today.
Well, I see the judges
are closing down
for the night,
and, by golly,
so are we,
but we'll return
to the el dorado
at 7:30
tomorrow morning
to bring you the start
of the second
and the final lap
back to yosemite valley.
Good night, everyone.
[Wheel Rattling]
[Blowtorch
Hissing]
A little bird's nest soup
never hurt anyone.
Thanks.
Oh, thanks.
I hope this holds
together.
I'm putting welds
on top of welds.
[Engine Sputters]
[Sighs]
Mr. Wu, the wiring
is mostly all b*rned off.
The cylinder walls
are scored.
The carburetor
is a mess.
The body's sprung.
This little car
ripped itself to pieces
trying to get us here.
It gave us
everything it's got.
Now, maybe we could
patch it back together,
I don't know, but...
How can I send it back
into that rat race tomorrow?
It's got nothing left
to give.
It's your car.
What do you say?
[Sighs]
A wise man once said...
"When you come
to last page..."
"Close the book."
[Click]
You let
that little car
get under your skin,
didn't you?
I don't know.
There's a lot of gloop
been written about it--
the bond between a man
and his automobile
and how he hates it
sometimes--
mostly,
how he loves it.
Showers gifts on it
in the way
of accessories
and all that.
He gets hysterical
if somebody
scratches the paint
or makes it lose face
on the freeway.
Maybe some
of those feelings
got into the machinery,
I don't know.
Tennessee thinks so.
Don't you?
There is something real
about that little car,
something that doesn't
even have a name.
What I don't
understand is,
out of the millions
of people in the world,
why it picked a dog-eared
second-rater like me.
You stood up
for it once.
I guess it thought
you were...
Worth belonging to.
I understand that.
[Truck Arrives]
Ah, douglas.
Didn't mean to disturb you.
We'll just take the car
and go.
Take the car? What
are you talking about?
I understand that
you are out of the race.
What does that have
to do with you?
Speaking as the new
owner of the car,
I regard your question
as impertinent.
I'm going to hoist it up
and drag it out.
Hold it!
Who said you were
the new owner of the car?
Perhaps Mr. Wu
would like to explain
how he wagered the car
on the outcome of the race.
Even as you,
I believed
in the little car.
I thought
it would win.
More honestly,
I could not
resist the odds.
Thank you.
Thorndyke: GOOD SIR,
Would you say that
this is a compact car?
You do not answer.
Well, let me tell you
that you have never seen
a compact car
until you see what
I'm going to do with this.
Mr. Douglas,
I have a friend
with a claw and hook
auto wrecking company
in san francisco,
and he's going to work
on your car.
Maybe he'll transform it
into a birdbath.
Or what about
a nice doormat
so I can wipe my feet
on it every day?
Well, it's too bad
this thing
doesn't have the gumption
to get up to the starting
line this morning.
I should've enjoyed
b*ating it.
Oh!
Why, you...
Take your hand--
get your hands off!
[Engine Starts]
Ooh!
[Engine Revving]
Aah!
Jim: STOP!
Herbie, stop!
[Engine Turns off]
Hey, you know
something?
Small car very angry.
And very strong.
The strength
of 40 horses.
What do you think
about that race coming up?
You know...
I think now is chance
to remove egg fu yung
off of face.
Well, this morning,
the second and the final lap
of the el dorado--
from Virginia city
to yosemite--
the run for the gold.
Out there, we see in first
position and all ready to go,
peter thorndyke
in his thorndyke special.
[Engine Revving]
[Rattling And chugging]
Don't worry--
hey!
Whoa!
[Tires Screech]
These mechanics
have done a real fine job
in keying these engines up.
Come on, baby.
Come on,
save it for the race.
One more foul-up
like this, douglas,
you're disqualified.
It seemed to be trying
to get at us, sir.
Of course it was,
havershaw!
It's no use trying
to blink the fact.
It's either us
or it this time.
[Tires Squealing]
[Crowd Cheering]
We're now getting reports
from our checkpoint number 14,
and this one tells us
that the thorndyke car
is still holding
first position at this time.
And while here in
Virginia city,
we're preparing to dispatch
the last of our contestants.
That would be
the jim douglas special.
Hang tight. This may
be a fast takeoff.
[Engine Revving]
Now!
[Tires Squealing]
[Screech]
[Screech]
Good stuff, herb.
No more shortcuts
like that last one, jim.
There won't be anything
like that last one.
[Tires Screech]
[Crash]
[Screech]
Thorndyke.
Nice going, herbie.
We've almost
got him.
Tennessee: HURRAY.
What fool laid out
these streets?!
But you're
driving superbly.
[Crash]
Hey! You got something
against driving
on the streets?
Any sign of them?
Not a glimmer, sir.
[Screech]
Very well, then.
Now I've finished
being generous george.
[Engine Revving]
He's moving up.
There are
times like this
when I really don't
like myself very much.
What happened to it?
I'd say it's gone
for that last big
lube job up yonder.
[Herbie Revving]
Ow! Ow!
Whoa!
[Thump]
Here it comes
again, sir.
Havershaw, I am
not a cowardly man,
but I am
beginning to sense
that that thing
is out to get me.
Now, none of that, sir.
We're not losing
our nerve, are we?
Blast you,
havershaw!
How dare you
patronize me!
I am not losing
my nerve!
No, sir.
Of course not, sir.
No, no.
[Metal Clattering]
I think herbie did something
to himself that last fall.
What do you mean?
Well...
Like maybe he won't hang
together much longer.
[Thumping]
[Herbie Revving]
[Screech]
Yeow!
[Screech]
What happened
to thorndyke?
I don't know. It was
like he disappeared.
[Thorndyke
Yelling and banging]
Do you hear
something?
Sounds like one
of the cylinders.
That's impossible.
The cylinders
are in the back.
That's a point
I find puzzling.
Get me out here!
[Screech]
Oh, my goodness!
Get that side!
Carole: OH! OOH!
Here. Turn him around.
Ok, on your way.
Let's go!
[Thump]
Havershaw!
[Teletypes Clacking]
The leaders have now passed
the final checkpoint!
We're now moving outside
and we should be seeing them
at the finish line
in a very few minutes.
The word is the douglas car
is in the lead,
but the thorndyke car
is moving up!
[Clattering]
[Clanking]
Uh-oh! I think
we got a problem!
Carole,
turn around
grab hold of
that strap and pull!
[Hissing]
Ooh!
You ok?
Fine.
[Clank]
Look! There's
another one!
I got it!
What goes on?
Just keep driving!
Try not to think about
what I'm doing!
Well, that's that.
[Clunk]
Yaah!
I can't weld that!
Give me your hand!
[Drum Roll]
What are we
gonna do, jump?
No, pull!
Why?
Whoa!
Whoa! Jim, help!
I think you better stop
before someone gets hurt.
No dice. Herbie
doesn't want to stop.
There it is!
I'll b*mb the thing off
the road once and for all!
[Honk]
[Honk Honk]
[Honk]
Rotten sportsmanship,
if you ask me!
Here at the finish,
we're still waiting
for our first glimpse
of the leaders.
Yes! Yes, there they are!
The thorndyke car now
seems to have a slight edge
on the douglas car,
which is hanging
right in there!
You have him now, sir!
Don't falter!
I'm not going to falter,
you dimwit!
[cr*ck]
Good-o, sir, good-o!
You can't lose!
You can't
possibly lo--
[Cheering]
We won! We won!
Ha ha ha!
The little car
takes first...
And third place!
Whoa!
[Tires Screeching]
[Clanging]
[All Laughing]
[All Talking excitedly]
Reporter: COME ON!
Give us a picture!
[Crowd Cheering]
Reporter:
Beautiful! One more!
What? Kiss? You
better believe that!
Oh!
Come here!
[Crowd Cheering]
"Couldn't lose,"
I think you said.
I don't like
to remind you, sir,
but if only you'd
read the terms
of that stupid wager
you made with Mr. Wu.
Havershaw,
you're despicable.
Ha ha ha!
Havershaw,
I shan't pretend
I don't know what
you're thinking.
However, I pride
myself on being
a good judge
of character,
and when I ask myself,
"could this man be capable
of such an act of
pettiness and base--"
"Base ingratitude."
I accept that as your answer.
Ha ha--aah!
Thanks, herbie.
So long, Mr. Wu.
Good-bye.
Good-bye, Mr. Wu.
Bye, Tennessee.
So long, jim.
It's none of my business,
but where are you going
on your honeymoon?
We don't know.
Herb hasn't told us yet.
[Door Closes]
Let's go, herb.
[Music Playing]
Good-bye, herbie.
[Herbie Beeps horn]
Love Bug, The (1968)
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