GM Futureliner

GM Futureliner. One of 12 ever made by GM for the "Parade of Progress" cross country tour in the 50's. Caught it in socal. It may not be abandoned, but whether or not it will ever see the road again is definently questionable.

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bunrithbuth
Feb 28, 2019

is this working

ccpanel
Oct 2, 2013

best rig ever.

chromenfins
Mar 3, 2013

I saw these in a documentury i watched about gm and the fifties

aged1
Aug 5, 2011

There is one at the Coopersville Car Show on August 13th 2011 during the Del Shannon Days car show. I think it has been there a few years in a row. They let you climb up in the cockpit (2 story) and everything, makes for a cool picture.

sissyh20
Sep 3, 2010

stumbled on this website while looking for truck parts,,started looking in the rusty trucks and found the futurliner,,i spent four hours last nite reading all i could find..i want to thank you for the hookup..what a story..the parade of progress and the futurliner..im telling everyone..too bad all these old trucks arnt honered and restored..

wjk54
Apr 9, 2010

Ron Pratte paid 4 million for it at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale Az. it is in his museum in Chandler Az.The same guy that paid 5 mill for the Carroll Shelby (Snake)at Barrett.

buddyhollysedselgirl
Jul 24, 2008

My dream bus! The most ugly classic bus ever-gotta have one!

niftyfifty
Apr 10, 2008

Thanx kettlekeeper....I will check out that web site as this really peaks my interest

kettlekeeper
Dec 24, 2007

This is #10 out of 12 produced by GM. It has been restored and completed in 2006. Check out the progress of this restoration at www.futureliner.com

myhot56kustom
Nov 17, 2007

why hasn't this been restored?we need to preserve our automotive history now before all the tree huggers erase it.

daves
Aug 23, 2007

I saw these trucks in 1954,in London Ont. Our High school class went to the Parade of Progress,The right side opened up and you accessed the driver's cab up a ladder,If I remember the driver sat in the middle of the cab.We thought they were right out of the Space Age.GM had their Concept cars in them,Pontiac Firebird,Buick LeSabre etc.

crazyforholleys
May 21, 2007

yeah ineed a little info on this bad boy!! chaching!

55pickup
May 2, 2007

don't know alot about these babies...can anybody enlighten me?

fenderuse22
Apr 25, 2007

This would be totally awesome to try go through the "drive thru" at Wendy's in! hehehe

panelguy
Apr 12, 2007

out of the original 12....9 have been accounted for..so if this is one the missing 3...it should go to Natmus to be restored...look at the website to see what they did...www.futureliner.com

panelguy
Apr 11, 2007

these things are sooooo cool....you just gotta check out the futureliner website...

hotroddad
Apr 9, 2007

There's one of these in Teal on the side of I-70 west near Kanas City

jocko13
Apr 5, 2007

can you say millionare?

got2haveajeep
Mar 28, 2007

Please bring it back to life. It would be cool to see another one of these being sold @ Barrett-Jackson.

v8shadow
Feb 23, 2007

Whatever its worth, it is UGLY.

vibesup
Feb 23, 2007

It's worth every penny of $1 Million in its poor condition. Heck, $500,000 rusted out completely

corvairscaddys
Feb 14, 2007

I'll bet he wants one million for it know!

shooter
Jan 29, 2007

I know EXACTLY where that thing is...and it is NOT for sale. Neat to see! And it is in SoCal.

tcchuck2005
Jan 3, 2007

The Futureliner sold at Barret Jackson in January 2006 for $4,320,000. The highest price ever paid at B-J. It had been restored in the 90's and used as promo for a Canadian cell phone company. It had safety cameras, remote control lights, and video monitors.

digger
Dec 22, 2006

where is it at i would love to see it

47chevjyd
Dec 16, 2006

wat is it??????

johnnyb75
Dec 2, 2006

Old cars Weekly did a story on this about a year ago. I'm sure it's possible to get a copy of the story. Also, there was a junk one behind the car museum in Auburn, OH I saw about 11 years ago.

66gmcal
Nov 21, 2006

i belive there was 12 of these built

rusto44
Nov 19, 2006

There was about 4 or 5 of these built by GMC in the 50's they were part of their futerama displays across the country.

gkrantz5959
Nov 3, 2006

I was in grand rapids michigan about 6 years ago getting parts for my 33 chevy at an old parts place. They had this picture on the counter and were asking for donations to restore it. At that time I think it was in Muskegan Michian but I remember the NATMUS thing, it rings a bell. Last year I saw the auction where the guy bid I think 4 million for the one at barrets

robertob
Oct 2, 2006

HERE IS THE WEB SITE OF A RESTORED FUTURLINER WWW.FUTURLINER.COM, THIS COULD BE RESTORED AND SHOULD BE BECAUSE IT IS SO RARE!

rustyoldman
Aug 4, 2006

Not only should be SO fue out their must be resored!

brady381need68c10
Jul 18, 2006

that tv auction u saw it on was jackson barret

churchtoolman
Jul 12, 2006

This may be the one that is being restored for a museum in Auburn In....The NATMUS museum to be exact. They do have one but I haven't kept up on it's progress.

ducksrus1983
May 20, 2006

i seen one of these go for sale on tv auction for a couple million restored

rustyrides
Jan 23, 2006

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mmalleck
Jan 21, 2006

I would like to know who owns this beast and where it is located. Interesting vehicle...