Idaho man turns his Corvette bed into an actual working race car

This DIY Corvette racing car did not start life as a car at all.

It started as one of those child-sized Corvette beds, the kind shaped like a sports car and usually parked in a kid’s bedroom.

But when YouTuber, Bum Motorsport, looked at it, he decided it had a lot more potential.

What followed was a full DIY Corvette project that pushed the idea far beyond what anyone would expect from a piece of furniture.

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Building a race car out of a bed

The project began with the bed pulled out of storage, already heavier than expected.

Then they added a full frame and roll cage, adding even more weight.

That was the first sign this build was not going to stay small.

Steering quickly became the biggest challenge.

With the wheels sitting close to the frame, early mock-ups showed that turning would be almost impossible without redesigning the front mounts.

The solution was to offset the wheels outward using a reinforced setup borrowed from go-kart hardware, strong enough to handle the weight and power of the build.

Once the wheels were mounted and the steering finally worked, the project started to feel real.

The stance looked right.

The proportions made sense.

For the first time, the Corvette no longer looked like a bed sitting on a frame. It looked like a very small racecar.

From there, everything snowballed.

A motorcycle engine was swapped in, and a custom steering setup was fabricated.

The seat was mounted low to give a laid-back driving position, brakes were adapted from the donor bike, then rebuilt again when they proved unreliable.

At one point, the brakes overheated badly enough to catch fire during testing.

The drivetrain brought its own problems. Chain tensioners failed. Sprockets lost teeth.

Parts melted or warped under heat.

Each test run revealed something new that needed fixing.

But instead of slowing the build down, the guys said it only pushed them forward.

The first proper drive confirmed what everyone suspected; this DIY Corvette was fast enough to be genuinely intimidating.

Even short pulls felt aggressive.

The noise, the vibration, and the low seating position made it feel more extreme than many full-sized cars.

By the time the body panels went back on, trimmed carefully to clear the wheels and exhaust, the transformation was complete.

What started as a child’s bed had become a functioning race car that could keep up with traffic and surprise anyone who underestimated it.

It certainly gives a new definition to the term ‘sleeper build’.

It’s not the only attention-grabbing Corvette on the streets

Not every DIY Corvette project takes things this far.

Some owners stay much closer to stock and still manage to create something that grabs just as much attention.

A recent example came from Massachusetts, where an owner spent hours covering a six-figure Vette in thousands of Christmas lights.

During the day, the car looked awkward and unfinished.

At night, it completely changed character, glowing bright enough to stop people in their tracks.

Both projects share the same core idea. Take a Corvette that people instantly recognise and push it just far enough to make them look twice.

One uses fabrication, welding, and trial-and-error testing. The other relies on patience and visual impact.

Whether it ends up as a stripped-down race car or a rolling light display, the appeal is the same.

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