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how long does a vw beetle float? Just watch!


Wanna have the DVD? Visit http://www.painteddesigns.nl In July 2007, I received an email from Lew Wood, the actor who appears in this commercial. He tells: I am the guy tha D-D-B chose to be the spokesman for that famous "Floating VW" TV commercial in June , 1972. My name is Lew Wood, and I was doing commercials and V/O's in NYC when I was booked for the job. We shot it at a launching ramp in Stamford, CT on LI Sound. The production crew was Horn-Greiner. Director Norm Greiner. D-D-B's creative director was Tom Yobaggy. And even Mr. Bernbach was on the location! They hired a stuntman to drive the VW into the water. However, Norm Greiner suddenly woke up to the fact that I had to deliver that last line "Now, what other car gives you this kind of quality at this kind of price?" from the car! I said, "Norm, I'm a sailor, I'm at home on the water. I'll drive it in!" I splashed it three times. (We used three identical Beetles, all burnt orange in color. Splashed two of them alternately, the third never got wet and was used for "beauty shots." Swimmers went in to tow them back to shore after each take. We all thought our commercial would win the "Clio" that year, but the "Snowplow" commercial took the prize. However, the residuals were nice! After many years of searching for a 1972 Super Beetle in burnt orange with NO RUST, I finally found one a few years ago in Vista, CA, and snapped it up. I now proudly drive around town frequently and get admiring looks. Now, you know "the rest of the story!" This commercial has a surprise in it. At the and you can watch a beetle being driven into the water. Funny is the text in the commercial says: allthough the beetle does definately float, it will not float indefinately. Fun! From the DVD 'Legend on wheels'. Wanna have this DVD packed with 2 hours of high quality digitally remastered old vw commercials? The DVD really brings you back to the '60s and '70s. Send an email to: beetlejuice150@hotmail.com

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: beetlejuice150

Length: 00:55
Rating: 4.80
Views: 280576

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alguncarajo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thats right hermano. Puebla is the second biggest VW town in the world. And it was cheap, reliable transportation. Now we have so much electronics in our cars we have to complete engineering to understand the thing...
KLA551K (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
hmmm, maybe not. but my 97 golf was :(
isartam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Not in the 70s they weren't made in Mexico, I don't believe.
isartam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah, but consider that a starting salary for a college grad was $6,000 to $7,000. It's better proportionately, perhaps, than today, but still, they weren't giving them away. And consider that the Beetle had an AM radio with one speaker, had inside painted surfaces, a chair that you'd be embarrassed to put out on your patio, a top cruising speed of about 65 mph, four wheel drum brakes, did I mention that it was slow. You can buy an equivalent today if you buy a $10k base model, but who does?
KLA551K (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
thats because it was made in mexico :(
KLA551K (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
$2000 for a brand new VW? O_O holy shit. i wish i lived in the 70's.
brucekivi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I remember seeing this commercial way back when. Seems like it was 1970's...sometime. Was in color so not TOOO ancient.
FordMaverickFanatic (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is true, John Paul Jones and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin once rented one in somewhere in Europe after seeing the commercial and tested if the yreally did float. They actually did, but they began to sink after a while.
Rgeers01 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
2,000 for a VW Beetle :O
Scalez4731 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
15 pounds of paint. wow!

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