1967 Volkswagen Beetle Flower Power Diecast with Surfboard

A groovy diecast model of a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle in metallic royal blue, decorated with Flower Power graphics. There's a big green daisy on each door, a white flower and a yellow heart, an orange bloom and a peace sign on the bonnet, a red-and-yellow sunburst on the engine lid, and a "LOVE" number plate. A yellow surfboard is strapped to the roof. The doors open, it has chrome bumpers and hubcaps, rubber tyres and a cream interior, and it's most likely Kinsmart's 1:32 pull-back model, about 12 cm long. It's in good condition.

Few cars have had a stranger journey than the Beetle. It was developed in 1930s Germany as a "people's car", but by the 1960s it had become an unlikely symbol of the hippie counterculture: cheap, easy to fix and perfect for painting in flowers. That's why it's forever linked with 1967's Summer of Love, the same year as this model.