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Car Of The Day: October 2, 2009; Hasbro '76 Chevrolet Camaro (Bumblebee)
Topic Started: Oct 2 2009, 02:51 AM (451 Views)
Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Today's car of the day is Hasbro Transformers' 1976 Chevrolet Camaro (Bumblebee).

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The Second Generation Chevrolet Camaro was introduced to market in February 1970 and remained in production for 12 years. This generation's styling, inspired in part by Jaguar, Aston Martin, and Ferrari, was longer, lower, and wider than the first generation Camaro. A convertible body-type was no longer available. Although it was an all-new car, the basic mechanical layout of the new Camaro was familiar, engineered much like its predecessor with a unibody structure utilizing a front subframe, A-arm and coil spring front suspension, and rear leaf springs.

The Second Generation Camaro was developed without the rush of the First Generation and benefited from a greater budget in light of the success of the First Generation. The chassis and suspension of the second generation were greatly refined in both performance and comfort; base models offered significant advances in sound-proofing, ride isolation, and road-holding. Extensive experience Chevrolet engineers had gained racing the first-generation led directly to advances in second-generation Camaro steering, braking, and balance[citation needed]. General Motors engineers have said that these efforts made the second generation much more of "A Driver's Car" than its predecessor[citation needed]. Although it began its run with a number of high performance configurations, as the 1970s progressed, the Camaro grew less powerful, succumbing, like many production cars of the era, to the pressures of tightening emissions regulations and a fuel crisis. Major styling changes were made in 1974 and 1978; 1981 was the final model year for the second generation.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-generation_Chevrolet_Camaro

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The producers of the Transformers movie insisted on picking the absolute worst Camaro model year they could to introduce Bumblebee. For those who haven't seen the movie he disguises himself on a used car lot in order to be 'purchased' by the Witwicky family. When insulted by Megan Fox's character, he redisguises himself as the current Camaro which conveniently drives past in the opposite direction (three years before it entered production- can you say plothole?).

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Only minor appearance changes highlighted the 1976 Camaro, most notably a brushed metal insert in the rear tail section on the LT model. The 250 cubic-inch six-cylinder remained the standard engine in the sport coupe and a new 140-horsepower 305 cubic-inch V8 became the standard engine in the LT and base V8 option in the sport coupe. The larger 350 cubic-inch V8 was now only available with a four-barrel carburetor and 165 horsepower (123 kW). Power brakes became standard on V8 models this year. The Camaro's popularity was soaring. Sales totals jumped significantly for 1976, the best year yet for the second generation, and were to improve even more dramatically as the decade progressed.

In the 1991 motion picture, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a second generation Chevrolet Camaro is parked in the Voight's drive. It's unknown whether it is actually a 1976 model (it may also be a 1978 or 1979), but seeing as how much it resembles Bumblebee's first alternate mode from Transformers, it can be assumed that it is.

A bright yellow 1976 Camaro with black racing stripes was featured in the 2007 Transformers movie,[2] starring as the role of Autobot Bumblebee for the first half of the movie and then eventually changing into a variant of the 2009 Camaro Concept for the later part of the movie.


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Not the best replica out there, but it's not supposed to be. This is meant for kids to have a Hot Wheels sized Bumblebee to play with alongside the rest of their cars. And for that, it works perfectly.

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James
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I will be going out on a search for that car tomorrow. I absolutely want one now.

And I will be renting the movie /s as soon as 2 comes out. I have never seen Movie #1
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be77bt
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that is a little different,but I like it.
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James
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I liked it so much I went out and bought it, unfortunately it came in double pack with ageneric Police cruiser, And I bought the other Bowtie double pack, too,

And I will be going back for the bumblebee new Camaro too, Thank goodness it at last is only in a single pack.

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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

This model may have a fan club, I'm just not a member.

As a side note, this wouldn't be a Garage thread without a bit of a derby reference. I did see a '75 or 76 Camaro win a heat vs some Imperials and roundback wagons about 5 or 6 years ago. He pretty much wasted the car, but sure was fun to watch.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
James
Oct 2 2009, 06:16 PM
I liked it so much I went out and bought it, unfortunately it came in double pack with ageneric Police cruiser
That would be Barricade, the Saleen S281 Mustang. ;)

@Zach- Finally! A use for old Camaros! :D
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James
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Swifty
Oct 3 2009, 04:45 AM
That would be Barricade, the Saleen S281 Mustang. ;)

Oh is that what it is?
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I think we're going to be seeing/talking about this series off and on, as there are a number of interesting cars for the scale. The 2010 Camaro is not bad, for one. I'm contemplating buying that Mustang Police car and a few others, as they are good bases for some unusual ideas and customs. The prices need to come down, and I think they will once the inital rush by the series followers and collectors is over.
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