I used to have a ’78 Chevet. Although it was a terrible clunker, I had a long of great adventures in that car – including the right of passage for most teenage boys (I’ll let you decide what that is but Meatloaf’s “Paradise by the dashboard lights” could have been the theme of that vehicle).

But I never painted it like the Mach 5.

However, my dad and brother DID paint his VW bug as a replica of Herbie.

God, I hope “Speed Racer” is a lot better on the big screen then it looks on TV or on my computer monitors…

-Chris