Fanboys in motion: Inside Line drives pre-op Bumblebee
There's a movie coming out on July 4, 2007, and you might have heard of it. It's called Transformers. In case you haven't heard of it, it's about an epic battle between giant, impossibly sophisticated mutating robots fighting over the source of all life. One of those robots, Bumblebee, is a 1976 second generation Camaro -- an impossibly unsophisticated car. The movie will explain.
In the mean time, Inside Line got some wheel time with the slightly enhanced Autobot, who looks like he could have started his acting career as an extra in The Dukes of Hazzard. The original 4-cylinder was swapped out for a 350-hp 5.7-liter V8, but that and the other mods aren't outrageous, and don't really alter the fact that it's still a beat up old yellow Camaro. Actually, though, the car sounds like it'd be kinda fun -- especially the line locks. Inside Line has a bunch of pictures to go with, and while the '09 has a lot more obvious cool, the '76 looks like it has a lot more character. (No pun intended.) And it would need to -- Bumblebee hooks the lowly Shia up with uber-fox Megan. Let's see if you can do that with your yellow '76 Camaro.
[Source: Inside Line]
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Schwag of Tulsa 6:16PM (6/12/2007)
Original four cylinder? Camaros have only had sixes and V-8s!
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Spots 6:22PM (6/12/2007)
No '76 Camaro had a 4 cylinder; however, the 82-86 or 87 DID use the "Iron Duke" 2.5L 4 banger as the standard motor in the base model coupes.....
Andy 7:12PM (6/12/2007)
Chevy dropped the ball in '74. 1973 was the last year for a sharp-looking Camaro.
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Johnny Rocket 7:15PM (6/12/2007)
Bumblebee and Optimus Prime are in the movie, but what about Jazz (the Porsche 911 race car from the cartoon)? I would have demanded Hot Rod, but I have no idea what car the animators were inspired to design him from.
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Andy 9:52PM (6/13/2007)
I'd say he's based on a Pantera, but more likely a mix of a Merak, Countach, and GTO.
Cervus 7:44PM (6/12/2007)
Jazz is there. He's a Pontiac Solstice.
... 8:03PM (6/12/2007)
weren't the original transformers japanese?
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BirdmanSTX 8:06PM (6/12/2007)
The movie comes out July 3rd, by the way
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Esprit bird 8:29PM (6/12/2007)
Yeah the 76 Firebird won car of the year.
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Dave 11:17PM (6/12/2007)
It looks wrong with the front air dam but without the rock guards.
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David 2:03AM (6/13/2007)
The base engine in the 1976 Camaro was a 250 cubic-inch six-cylinder and was available with the 305 c.i. V8 (standard in the LT) and the 350 c.i. V8.
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Leopold Porkstacker 11:55AM (6/23/2007)
"Bumblebee hooks the lowly Shia up with uber-fox Megan"
"over-fox"???? WTF is that supposed to mean? Oh, I get it, the writer attempted to use the German word for "over", thinking he knew what the hell he was doing. Apparently editorial columnists grow on trees, and have never studied any sort of journalism classes at their local junior college. Aufenthalt in der Schule!!!
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