Contestant Beats Bonus Game for a Unique Vintage Car! | The Price Is Right 1973

[@Buckeyedude111]

I suppose you could call that the Rolls Royce of Beetles. I can't find another one like it on Google.

[@gameshowfanatic]

That is the most unique Beetle I've ever seen. It's funny how they tried to make one of the cheapest cars back then look fancy.

[@pep590]

There was a kit sold that one could buy to add to the VW too.

[@bobloblaw204]

Reminds me of Cheech and Chongs next movie, where Chong has the Beetle with the Rolls Royce grill 😏

[@chrishernandez8918]

Wesley Snipes' character Willie Mays Hays in "Major League" drives one of those cars.

[@meyerj75]

@@bobloblaw204 I think that was the movie "Up In Smoke" you were referring to .

[@bobloblaw204]

@@meyerj75 lol , you are probably correct. Cheers mate! Peace and love!!!

[@jjgreek1]

That “tricky little bid”….became a very common and frequently used strategy over the years.

[@slentbob3208]

I do enjoy seeing how Price is Right strategy evolved over the years.

[@shoredude2]

That's a strategy that came from the original TPIR.

[@WoodlandDance]

If Gwen kept that car in very good condition it would be worth quite a bit today. In the late 1970's my next door neighbor's daughter was on the Price is Right and won a dining set, and a car. The transport, and taxes, on the car were so expensive that she ended up just selling it, then paid the prize tax. She was on vacation and went to the PIR, lived across the country from where the show was taped.

[@HipsterDoofus100]

She lived in Compton. That thing was on blocks or in a chop shop 3 days later

[@silentbob3208]

@@WoodlandDance Great story.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Fresh Prince (first episode): Oh she couldn't think THAT far ahead...

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

I had no clue Beetles (or Bumblebees as I used to call them when I was little in the 80s...for obvious reasons) could come like that! Did it have a special name?

[@robbernath]

I guess in the early days of the show they didn't enforce the order of the first four called contestants. This time, it was 2-1-4-3.

[@silentbob3208]

@@robbernath I noticed that too. Bonnie came down so fast she stole the 1 spot.

[@kenbob1071]

Ikr. Gwen was smart to take the position that went last. The first two ladies f'd themselves by taking the positions that went first.

[@silentbob3208]

This clip is from the opening and the first pricing game of the 12/5/73 episode of The Price is Right, featuring Bonus Game for a unique automobile.

[@meyerj75]

By then, Mystery Price was still in rotation although it was played just 17 times.

[@rmccombs66]

Does that Volkswagen have the engine in the front?

[@silentbob328]

No, rear, the grill is more for looks

[@briangreenberg6021]

"Six hundred dollars? A mere bag of shells." Ralph Kramden.

[@JasonRourhier]

That vintage Volkswagen that was $2,650 then the year after I was born 1973--in today,s dollars in 2024 with 2025 coming around the corner would have to be maybe $35,000--$40,000 if pushing it.

[@slentbob3208]

I do wonder how much it would be worth today if it was mint like that.

[@MichelleUS66]

The car looks like the one in Cheech & Chong’s movie “Up in Smoke” (a VW bug with a Rolls-Royce radiator strapped to its front).

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the thumbnail.

[@peterjackson2666]

Generous game. At least 50% chance to win by just guessing.

[@silentbob3208]

Definitely won more than most games on the show.

[@bluejedi723]

thats one car I'd NEVER sell

[@silentbob3208]

Definite a rare one. I can't find a picture of another.

[@robbernath]

Guessing VW didn't have the rights to use the RR logo or hood ornament and just copied the front-end grille. Wonder if RR licensed that style "appropriation" or sued VW over it?

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

Congratulations, Gwen! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@silentbob3208]

It would've been awful had it been in the last square.

[@joebob227]

Her husband must've been Willie Mays Hayes. XD

[@kennypowers7602]

That was the first person I thought of when I saw that grille.

[@pdennis93]

I bet that grille helps cool the radiator better on that VW.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@silentbob3208]

The real question is if it actually makes it look cooler.

[@pdennis93]

@silentbob3208 no. It looks like lipstick on a pig 🤣🤣🤣

[@tpryce6423]

Probably not since they were rear engine.

[@pdennis93]

@@tpryce6423 they are also air cooled. I was making a joke.

[@albear972]

@@pdennis93 It totally blew over his head.

[@kenbob1071]

Egads that love seat was hideous...lol.

[@slentbob3208]

Not very lovely looking.

[@JasonRourhier]

Maybe higher or lower who knows?

[@slentbob3208]

Good thing she knew when it mattered.

[@PamKay-p8v]

Yeah, that car will fot in real nice in COMPTON. 😂😂😂

[@meyerj75]

The birth of G Funk!

[@albear972]

This had to be the tackiest, gaudiest, ugliest car to have ever been given out in The Price is Right history. 🤢🤮🤢

[@davidellis5141]

Straight Out Of Compton , Gwen Won A Snazzy New .. Volkswagen 🚗 !!

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

At the start of the December 🎄 5, 1973, episode of _The Price Is Right ▶️,_ which originally aired 💨 on CBS Daytime at 3 🕒 pm Eastern, of course, David.

[@meyerj75]

@@jamesmcclelland1414 And 15 years later, the rap group N.W.A. releases "Straight Outta Compton" features their own 1988 reboot of the Charles Wright 1970 classic "Express Yourself".

[@silvialogan9226]

She almost played a perfect Bonus game and luckily won because the Bonus did not appear where she made the mistake.

[@davidellis5141]

@@silvialogan9226 I'm very happy for Gwen Silvia. She played a good game.

[@slentbob3208]

Would've been awful if it was in the last window. Don't mind the troll, as usual.

[@CarlosEnriqueAmaro]

I'm gonna tell my kids in 2030 that this is their pastor. If I have any. Twenty twenty five here we come. Me and my nuts I mean. 🥜🥜

[@richardotero2376]

That's what she said....

[@cg0825]

Wow the car is only $2650?

[@slentbob3208]

The good days when new cars were affordable.

[@albear972]

People *ALWAYS* forget abut that little thing called inflation. $2,650 in 1973 is worth $18,830 in today's December 2024 money.

[@AstartesP]

@@albear972 This makes no sense, see the reported inflation is a lie, where can you buy a brand new car in the US for $18,830 today? So obviously , we are lied too when they say inflation is X to make it look better, it would be around $25 000 in today's value for new, where is that missing 7 000 ???

[@qaII56056]

*A Beetle with Rolls-Royce head?*

[@meyerj75]

Only in Compton, I guess.

[@calvinminor9767]

Bonus Game made it’s debut in 1973

[@silentbob3208]

Bonus Game was first played in the premiere episode in 1972. The second pricing game ever played.

[@meyerj75]

Games that made their debuts in 1973 were Lucky Seven, Hi Lo, Double Digits (later Temptation), and Mystery Price. Bonus Game debuted in 1972.

[@BlueCrystalTear]

They still play Bonus Game for a car once or twice a season. Though not for something that... unique. (Even so, VW made better cars back then compared to now.)

[@silentbob3208]

Without question. Back then, most amateur mechanics could work on one of those. Now, these cars are so full of electronics and other stuff.

[@davidellis5141]

Robert has no knowledge of cars at all .. Not even the fine group The Cars. He plays ▶️ with Hot wheels & his Tonka trucks ...

[@silentbob3208]

Ignore David. I highly doubt this troll even has a driver's license

[@meyerj75]

@@davidellis5141 Whoa! How rude! Everyone's heard of the Cars and yes, automobiles now are computerized with even the keys replaced with fob knob buttons.

[@anandguruji83]

GWEN WINS THE PRICING GAME BONUS GAME PLUS THE VINTAGE VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE $2,650 4:22 5:03 5:39 7:17

[@anandguruji83]

GWEN WINS THE PRICING GAME BONUS GAME PLUS THE VINTAGE VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE $2,650 4:22 5:03 5:39 7:17

[@davidellis5141]

GWEN WINS A NEW VOLKSWAGEN 🚗 !! 7:17

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@anandguruji83 At the start of the December 🎄 5, 1973, episode of _The Price Is Right ▶️,_ which originally aired 💨 on CBS Daytime at 3 🕒 pm Eastern, of course. Furthermore, Happy 😂 Holidays 🎅🏻🎄🎁! And next ➡️ month are two ✌️🏻 January _Price Is Right 👉🏻_ birthdays 🎉🎉: Former Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 (and Girard, Ohio, native) Kathleen (JoAnn) Bradley's 74th birthday 🎈 (January 10) and former Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 (and Idaho Falls 🌻🍁🎃, Idaho, native) Brandi (Dawn 🌇) Sherwood 🪵's 54th birthday 🎁 (January 13).

[@silentbob3208]

Ignored yet again, hah-hah. James is all covered in coal-dust after yesterday.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@davidellis5141 Yep 👍🏻--at the start of the December 🎄 5, 1973, episode of _The Price Is Right ▶️,_ which originally aired 💨 on CBS Daytime at 3 🕒 pm Eastern, of course. Furthermore, Happy 😊 Holidays 🎅🏻🎄🎁! And next ➡️ month are two ✌️🏻 January _Price Is Right 👉🏻_ birthdays 🎉🎉: Former Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 (and Idaho Falls 🌻🍁🎃, Idaho, native) Brandi (Dawn 🌇) Sherwood 🪵's 54th birthday 🎁 (January 13).

[@gm12551]

Bridget must have ran track. She nearly beat Gwen to contestants row.

[@silentbob3208]

Bonnie was quick too, they couldn't wait to get down to Contestant's Row.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

​@@silentbob3208To see which one would get up on stage.

[@davidellis5141]

The reply of Kevin was absolutely useless & should be deleted. Silence is golden ✨️

[@silentbob3208]

Ignore the troll David. Adults are talking here.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@davidellis5141 Yep 👍🏻.

[@davidellis5141]

Happy Boxing 👊 Day To The Viewers In Canada 🇨🇦 From .. The Price Is Right ✅️ !!

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

Thanks ☺️, David, same to you!

[@davidellis5141]

Yes Sir 🫡 ! Happy Boxing 👊 day indeed !

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@davidellis5141👍🏻

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

From the start of the December 🎄 5, 1973, episode of _The Price Is Right ▶️,_ which originally aired 💨 on CBS Daytime at 3 🕒 pm Eastern. Furthermore, Happy 😁 Holidays 🎅🏻🎄🎁! And next ➡️ month are two ✌️🏻 January _Price Is Right 👉🏻_ birthdays 🎉🎉: Former Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 (and Girard, Ohio, native) Kathleen (JoAnn) Bradley's 74th birthday 🎈 (January 10) and former Barker's Beauty 💅🏼 (and Idaho Falls 🌻🍁🎃, Idaho, native) Brandi (Dawn 🌇) Sherwood 🪵's 54th birthday 🎁 (January 13).

[@silentbob3208]

Hope you had an absolute terrible day yesterday. You're still being ignored here.

[@davidellis5141]

Gwen had the best 👌 bid A strategic one of $286 💵 !!

[@davidellis5141]

Yesterday , Robert had horrible Montezumas Revenge 😖 🤒 & also got no gifts from Santa. He was not allowed to Christmas dinner.

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@silentbob3208 Liar 🤥!

[@jamesmcclelland1414]

@@davidellis5141 With a difference of $314 because the actual retail price of that Barcalounger reclining loveseat 💕💺 (aka lovelounger ❤️) as the first IUFB was $600.