G.M.'s Futurliner to Take Its Place Among Historically Important Vehicles The New York Times


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For those who don't know, GM's Futurliners were, essentially, massive Art Deco-styled buses that look like nothing else on the road. They were built to cross the nation in the Parade of Progress, a.


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Take a ride with Speedkills USA on the amazing GM Futurliner- the touring, presentation-showcase vehicle that captured the imagination of millions. We stop b.


Futurliner No. 10 to go on National Historic Vehicle Regis Hemmings Daily

General Motors released a line of Futurliners as part of their vision for the future and progress. This is one of only eight customer futurliners that was bu.


This 75 YearOld Futurliner Still Look Fantastically Futuristic Today! SHOUTS

(February 24, 2011) The announcement on the Hemmings Blog of the pending sale at auction of one of the 12 GM Futurliners raised the curiosity of MotowayAmerica's Nostalgia Highway.We had some vague recollection of General Motors bringing "the future" to towns and cities across the country in a traveling road show in the 1940s and 1950s, but we w.


G.M.'s Futurliner to Take Its Place Among Historically Important Vehicles The New York Times

The GM Futurliner was created to participate in the Parade of Progress, a traveling tour that showed off futuristic items like microwaves, radar, and ping-pong tables. by Amanda Cline Published on November 18, 2021 3 min read The General Motors Futurliner isn't something you will see on the streets unless you live in Springfield, Massachusetts.


G.M.'s Futurliner to Take Its Place Among Historically Important Vehicles The New York Times

A long-lost GM Futurliner was discovered in the USA and exported to Germany by ChromeCars. This news was quite a sensation and not only in the local classic car scene. The find is a special one in many ways: only 12 of these giants, which are also called "Red Elephants" due to their size and color, were ever built.


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14 January 2022 Share Hagerty Drivers Foundation Back when the World's Fair was the best way to peer into the future and learn about cutting-edge technological and scientific advances from around the globe, General Motors expanded upon the idea and took its show on the road.


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RESURRECTING THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST. Near the West Michigan lakeshore community of Zeeland, Michigan, an ambitious all-volunteer crew restored a 1953 GM Futurliner. The restoration project took seven years (1999-2006) and was directed by Don Mayton, retired GM Plant Manager, under the auspices of the NATM (National Auto & Truck Museum.


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May 26 All day The 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Current BaT Auctions Learn more about One of Nine Left: 1939 GM Futurliner on Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online.


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The GM Futurliners were a group of custom vehicles, styled in the 1940s by Harley Earl for General Motors, and integral to the company's Parade of Progress —a North American traveling exhibition promoting future cars and technologies.


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This Ultra Rare GM Futurliner Is Rotting Away in a Storage Lot. Here's How It Got There How does a multimillion-dollar artifact end up as scrap? The answer involves, among other things, famed.


Driving a Legendary 1939 GM Futurliner Is Like Nothing Else

The GM Futurliners were a group of custom vehicles, styled in the 1940s by Harley Earl for General Motors, and integral to the company's Parade of Progress—a North American traveling exhibition promoting future cars and technologies.


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The beautiful GM Futurliner - only nine survive & one sold for $4 million Feb 27, 2018 Ian Harvey There were only 12 Futurliners built between 1939 and 1940, and of those 12 only nine have been found. Two of the finds are beyond restoration but will live on as parts for other restorations.


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Have you heard of the General Motors (GM) Futurliners? They were a dozen of custom vehicles built back in the 1930s by GM and the few that are left today are worth at least a million dollars. What.


G.M.'s Futurliner to Take Its Place Among Historically Important Vehicles The New York Times

Dave Kindig of Velocity's Bitchin Rides talks about the process of restoring a '39 GM Futurliner.


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To mark Barrett-Jackson's half-century in business, this special series looks back at a few extraordinary vehicles from the past 50 years. These vehicles led.

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