1965 Apollo GT from 'The Love Bug' going to auction
owner and antagonist Peter Thorndyke appears to try selling Douglas on the car. Douglas says he's looking for something closer to $75, some"cheap, honest transportation," which Thorndyke is repulsed by, but an interruption from Herbie sets the rest of the movie in motion.
It's far from the last time in the movie that the Special appears. As Douglas and Herbie humiliate Thorndyke and his high-end European sports cars on the race track, Thorndyke tries using the Special against Douglas a couple of times.
For those unfamiliar, the Apollo GT itself is a sweet '60s sports car developed in the U.S. This is a later 5000GT version with a 4.9-literV8 under the hood, replacing the earlier models' 3.5-liter Buick V8. Power was around 250 horsepower, and it sent it through a manual transmission to the rear wheels. Funny enough, this all means that the specs Douglas rattles off at the dealer are wrong.
According to Hagerty, a"#3 Good Condition" Apollo GT like this would go for around $162,000. That's just under the low end of what Bonhams is anticipating for this example. The auction house estimates it will go for between $175,000 to $250,000, which seems reasonable considering the provenance and condition of the movie car. Now if you'll excuse me, your resident Love Bug enthusiast, I need to figure out how to raise a couple hundred grand in a couple weeks.
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