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We're gearing up to show the CLASSIC of the classics!!!One day before the infamous Wheels On Main right here in the heart of Downtown West Bend!
Meet Jim Douglas, a down-on-his-luck race car driver who lives in an old run-down fire house in San Francisco with his friend Tennessee Steinmetz. One day, Jim goes to a luxury car dealer and sees a strange Volkswagen Beetle with a unusual problem: it tends to drive on its own, as if it were sentient. The little Bug follows Jim home but Jim believes that the owner of the car dealership, Peter Thorndyke, is playing a trick on him. Jim decides to try out the car, and experiences its magical nature, fahrvergnügen, if you will, for himself. Jim repairs the little car and Tennessee names the him “Herbie”. Behind the wheel of Herbie, Jim becomes more successful in racing. Thorndyke wants Herbie back, but Jim refuses and Thorndyke decides to race against him. Thorndyke sabotages Herbie before a big race known as the “El Dorado” – an obvious parody of the then-new “Baja 1000” race in Mexico. Jim and Tennessee along with Thorndyke’s former assistant (and ex-girlfriend) Carol Bennett, repair Herbie before the El Dorado. The trio are determined to beat Thorndyke who will stop at nothing in order to gain a victory – and Herbie.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Bend Theater, 125 N Main Street,West Bend, Wisconsin, United States
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