5th Gen Camaro in Transformer Movie

[meissen]

that's sweet! Just for clarification in my old thread -- turns out that car is actually a reskinned GTO - not a mustang.

[Orange Terror]

that's sweet! Just for clarification in my old thread -- turns out that car is actually a reskinned GTO - not a mustang.

Thank god!!!!!

[WMCC Gary]

....turns out that car is actually a reskinned GTO - not a mustang.

I don't know why everyone was so worked up over this. GM would have never allowed them to reskin a stain as a Camaro anyway

[Orange Terror]

I don't know why everyone was so worked up over this. GM would have never allowed them to reskin a stain as a Camaro anyway

Good point

[Xavierz28]

WOW! Can't wait to get one

[MattODoom]

Quite amazing they got all the parts for it... they either milked GM into giving them some parts or they had to go through the expense of re-engineering that whole car.

[GETGONE]

Pick up the November 2006 issue of Hot Rod. Full article on the Transformers Camaro and how it was built! I just got it in the mail today!

[Insomnya3AM]

Quite amazing they got all the parts for it... they either milked GM into giving them some parts or they had to go through the expense of re-engineering that whole car.

It looks like a kit car. Anyone with a sheetmetal brake and measurements could stamp out that body. I haven't checked out the article yet, but I bet it's on a production chassis from something else.

Edit - Yeah, I merged the robot thread into this one. Definetly the same thing. Cool though.

[GETGONE]

I'm glad you think it's so easy to make a steel body. It's NOT and it's EXPENSIVE AS HELL!!! GM gave the bodies to Saleen to build the cars on GTO 04 GTO chassis. A lot of the parts are faked plastic pieces but it'll pass for real when edited in the movie.

[Insomnya3AM]

I'm glad you think it's so easy to make a steel body. It's NOT and it's EXPENSIVE AS HELL!!! GM gave the bodies to Saleen to build the cars on GTO 04 GTO chassis. A lot of the parts are faked plastic pieces but it'll pass for real when edited in the movie.

Damn. You're getting all worked up over this. :thumbsdo:

I'm just saying that there's other metal craftsman out there besides GM.

[wezeles]

ya just the tools alone to make that body out of steel would probably blow away the movie budget..lol i use to make steel stamping tools in a prototype shop made a bunch for all the big 3 each tool cost alot of cash and takes anywere from 6-9 months to make if not longer... times that by the amount of body parts and the cost... wouldnt happen in steel just for a movie..lol unless GM had finnished the tools already and was nice enough to give them a sample... i saw a add at the theater the other day for transformers ... no pictures of cars or anything on it yet..

[2slow4you]

The body that GM made IS Fiberglass!!! It's NOT metal. It's easier/quicker to make changes to fiberglass than steel. That's why the concept was made from it. Hand forming a STEEL body takes TONS of time and hours of work to get it just right. I hate people thinking that "Oh they can just whip out a steel body if they've got the measurements". It's taken YEARS for steel 32 Ford bodies to come out with all the correct measurements and to get the stampings right. People like Foose and Ron Covell that hand form bodies take THOUSANDS of hours to build one body. Don't be all cocky thinking they somehow cheated by using fiberglass bodies that GM gave them.

fiberglass easy, haha right

[wezeles]

hammer out some steel for a while and make it clean enough were you dont need gallons of filler... sure you wont be dusty but your arm will feel like its gonna fall off...

[WMCCjames]

It looks like a kit car. Anyone with a sheetmetal brake and measurements could stamp out that body. I haven't checked out the article yet, but I bet it's on a production chassis from something else.

Edit - Yeah, I merged the robot thread into this one. Definetly the same thing. Cool though.

Probably need and english wheel too huh?

[1BadMoFo]

Holy cow everyone, about 2 weeks ago I received the magazine that had this article in there...and you got ictures back on May 31st!!!???

I have a feeling I'm going to like this site!