R.Q. Riley Boonie Bug

R.Q. Riley Boonie Bug in Total Recall, Movie, 1990

Class: Cars, Custom — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Wampa-One ◊ 2008-06-26 13:10	-- Last edit: 2008-06-26 13:10:53
G-MANN ◊ 2008-06-26 14:00	This is a Volkswagen?
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2008-06-26 14:16	Apparently it's a kit car based on a Volkswagen van. http://rqriley.com/b-bug.html
Wampa-One ◊ 2008-06-26 14:29	Yes, here is the link that was posted on the forum. Link to "blog.hemmings.com"
Gordo ◊ 2020-08-11 22:51	``Boonie Bug" based on a shorted VW bus frame. Back in the `70s, the Technical Director of my High School got the plans from Popular Mechanics. My Auto Class made the trip down to my dad's junkyard, an picked-up a VW bus as a donor vehicle. One team fabricated the body, while another shortened the frame to the specs. I did the brakes. The Senior class would put it together...and the junior class would take it apart for practice.( this crap went on for years ). After I graduated, I would come back to hand out my Dad's award during commencement. While there, I would walk down to the auto shop and look thru the door to see the shadowy image of the Boonie Bug in the gloom... ( Don't know if the Technical Director ever got to drive the damn thing before he died... )
mike962 ◊ 2023-09-22 23:07	maybe they should have named it Boogie Bug -- Last edit: 2023-09-22 23:07:48