#Fender racing stripes driver

In Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), Jim Douglas has retired from racing and leaves Herbie to his nephew, Pete Stancheck ( Stephen W. After rescuing Diane and Giselle from a crash into a river, Jim drives Herbie to victory after overtaking their main rival on the roof of the Monaco tunnel. Herbie is also pursued by a pair of jewel thieves who have hidden the stolen Etoile de Joie diamond is hidden in his gas tank. Herbie soon falls in love with a Lancia Scorpion named Giselle while Jim develops a relationship with Giselle's driver, Diane Darcy ( Julie Sommars). In Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), Jim Douglas is reunited with Herbie and enters the Trans-France Race with his mechanic friend Wheely Applegate ( Don Knotts). Steinmetz and her displaced neighbour, Nicole Harris ( Stefanie Powers), try to save her house from being bulldozed by real-estate developer Alonzo Hawk ( Keenan Wynn) with the help of Herbie, and Willoughby Whitfield ( Ken Berry), Hawk's nephew. Jim has entered foreign racing circuits while Tennessee now resides in Tibet. In Herbie Rides Again (1974), Herbie is retired from racing and has been left to Tennessee's widowed aunt, Mrs.

Fully repaired, Herbie takes the newlywed Jim and Carole on their honeymoon. In the final El Dorado road race, Herbie is damaged and splits in two, but wins when his rear half (with Tennessee inside) beats Thorndyke's Apollo GT. In addition, Jim peruses a romantic relationship with Carole Bennett ( Michelle Lee), an assistant in Thorndyke's showroom who eventually sides with Jim, Tennessee and Herbie. Jim notices Herbie's unnatural performance levels and decide to use him in auto racing, to great success. Tennessee Steinmetz ( Buddy Hackett), Jim's best friend, mechanic and housemate, names the car 'Herbie' after his uncle Herb, a middleweight boxer whose nose became shaped like the hood of a Volkswagen Beetle.

#Fender racing stripes driver

Herbie is then purchased by race driver Jim Douglas ( Dean Jones) after Douglas was falsely accused of stealing Herbie. Van Luit for her upstairs maid, but returns the car shortly afterwards due to reliability problems. In The Love Bug (1968), Herbie is bought from the showroom of Peter Thorndyke ( David Tomlinson) by San Francisco socialite Mrs. ( January 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. This section describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style.