The Love Bug brought to the United States, Walt suggested a different car story for him, which was "Car, Boy, Girl", a story written in 1961 by Gordon Buford. "Car, Boy, Girl;" "The Magic Volksy;" "The Runaway Wagen;" "Beetlebomb;" "Wonderbeetle;" "Bugboom" and "Thunderbug" were among the original development titles considered for the film before the title was finalized as "The Love Bug." Herbie competes in the Monterey Grand Prix, which, except for 1963, was not a sports car race. The actual sports car race held at Monterey was the Monterey Sports Car Championships. Peter Thorndyke's yellow "Special" is actually a 1965 Apollo GT,
The Atomic Space Bug The Atomic Space Bug The Atomic Space Bug is a 1999 horror film directed by Jonathan M. Parisen and starring Conrad Brooks ("Plan 9 from Outer Space"). "The Atomic Space Bug" is Parisen's homage to such fifties films as "Robot Monster" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space". The film is about a giant insect-like creature that terrorizes a small town. Filming began on "The Atomic Space Bug" in the winter of 1999 in the small town of Bainbridge, New York. The weather conditions were so harsh that the star of the film, Christopher Englese, was hospitalized twice before the film