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Wonderbug's alter ego "Schlepcar" (so named due to its personalized California license plate "SCHLEP") was an old, beat up, conglomeration of several junked cars that looked like a rusty dune buggy. Schlepcar was alive and could drive itself, and could also talk.
Wonderbug: Created by Joe Ruby, Ken Spears. With David Levy, Carol Anne Seflinger, Jack Baker, Frank Welker. The adventures of a living clunker of a dune buggy that is able to become a superhero car.
- (208)
- 1976-09-11
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- 15
Barry, C.C., and Susan are three teenaged friends who fixed up an old dune buggy (which they dubbed "Schlepcar"). When they attach a magic horn to the car, Schlepcar comes to life as Wonderbug. Wonderbug could fly, and it helped the teens fight crime.
In Wonderbug mode, the car was a Volkswagen-based Meyers Manx-clone body. Specifically, the body was a Dune Runner manufactured by Dune Buggy Enterprises of Westminster, California. Dune Buggy Enterprises offered the Dune Runner with three different hood choices. Wonderbug has the T-Bird hood choice.
Wonderbug' s alter ego " Schlepcar " (so named due to its personalized California license plate "SCHLEP") was an old, beat up, conglomeration of several junked cars that looked like a rusty dune buggy. Like Herbie of Disney movie fame, Schlepcar was alive and could drive itself, and could also talk in a mumbling voice.
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For two seasons starting in 1976, the Krofft Supershow featured a magical dune buggy called Wonderbug. This old, beat-up, “pieces-parts” vehicle had two personalities – one of a junk car named “SCHLEPCAR” (taken from the license plate) and second, when the magic horn is played – the supercar WONDERBUG!
