Cool Stuff: Building Your Own BumbleBee

Posted on Monday, November 19th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta

BumbleBee

Loyal /Film reader Nash Doud and his father purchased a 1975 Cheverolet Camaro in August, with hopes to “Transform” it into BumbleeBee from Michael Bay’s Transformers.

“We are still working on the car interior wise, but exterior wise the car looks pretty good.”

If the photo above is any indication, the project is coming along great. But if only the car could actually transform into a real-size robotic Bumblebee… Maybe some day. Check out more photos of the car going through various steps of transformation after the jump.

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Comments

Cineman

Very nice. Good work.

sidermanfangirl

after completing that beautiful paint job why would he destroy it to make it look like bumblebee? great job really, but that seems like kind of a waste....

Jed

The love for classic cars and Transformers is a little more profound than the need for a nice paint job. Mash these two loves together and people will do crazy things...

PaintMan

When are you going to start on the New BumbleBee?

Nash

Well I spent most of my money on this car so maybe after college when Transformers 2 or 3 appear on the big screen.

Jake

Nash,

Im going to build one of these soon. Please give me any advice you can and where you got the wheels and what size they are. Thanks so much! my email is thats_a_good_one_coach@msn.com my names Jake THANKS!

jeff

one word PIMP!!! but don't listen to the guys who say y ruin the paint....you didn't ruin it you made it better

Rory

yeah nash, wait to be! or bee, hah! o my god thats a horrible joke.

Jed

Just for clarification, my first post was showing respect to your decision.

maponto

it looks great !! definitely you must arrive on it to the Transformers 2 premier. Great job, guys...

moe

yeah nash nice car i love it, like jeff said dont listen to the people who dont like the idea of sprayin primer on a nice pant job at least if it aint exactly what u want its still a sleeper lol

Chad

I've been in this car and it's sweet. This car not only looks great, but sounds awesome. Nice car Nash, but you already knew that,

Cooper

Seen the car up close, its an awsome job. Practice my musical audition with this car..Its a great listener!!!! Now im just waiting for you to fix the dent i put in my car!!

Tom

Hey man, car looks good! I'm in the process of making a bumblebee out of my 77 Camaro too. I was just wondering what size rims you decided on for the rear. 15x8's or did you find 15x10's somewhere? Also, did you tape off the stripes yourself or were you able to find the correct stencil kit? The only stencil kits I could find were a lot fatter. Thanks man!

mark knight

Nice job on the bumble bee car. I like the yellow and was thinking of using it for my camaro. Which yellow did you use?

NICK

bumblebee is a muscle car.

Shervinator

Beautiful job. NO, you did not ruin it, because if you hadn't transformed it (no pun intended), then the car would just be another car show find. It wouldn't stick out, except at a traffic light. But I have two questions:

1. Isn't the paint supposed to be a darker yellow and more faded? I'm not sure how to make paint faded, but I'm sure there's some way.

2. Also, what is that moonroof doing on the top? I don't remember seeing that in the movie or on the hundreds of pictures I've seen on the Internet.

Kate

I've been in this car many times. It rocks. Case closed.

Daniel M

Hi there, this is Daniel from germany and i also want to built a bumbleebee replica. But theres one problem that i have at the moment. Which market are the rear wheels from the movie car ??? In germany i´ve looked at many places and asked some dealers but nobody coult help me yet. If you know, please answer me. Thanks and best regards from germany near cologne ;-)

Warden

bumble bee is the shitz man, what was the size of the rear rims and tires, also the front rims and tires, i am also making my own bumble bee but i have an 81 camaro to work with

no one needs to know

Oh my god, it's gorgeous!!
Love the color!

justin

dont know if you still check this but where did you get the spoiler

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