@aleciosun's lovely take on a WWIIformers Wheeljack!
I wanted to try and stick to his race-car/Ferrari roots which ended up working since there was one car Ferrari made in 1940:
the Auto-Avio 815.
Here's a few of the rough sketches that came up early on. I thought it best to nix the numbers on his door-arms:
Also, I got this idea into my head after watching a certain Nolan movie: Everybody's all over Barbieheimer, but I'd like to argument for...
WHEELHEIMER!
ROOSEVELT: Hey Optimus, we decided to pair that scientist-bot of yours with our top physicist so they can collaborate on this big bomb we're making.
OPTIMUS:











