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David L Greenberg
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And the authentic restoration steam was led by GMC owner and former GM
Plant Mgr, Don Mayton....
Just adding to your bottonless font of trivial knowledge!
dave G
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:50:51 -0600 Larry <slawrence111@yahoo.com> writes:
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> A fully restored Futureliner sold at the Barrett Jackson Auction in
> Scottsdale two years ago for around $4,000,000.
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> I know a little more than I should about this FuturLiner.
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> There were 12 FuturLiners Built, only about half that have been
> saved, and a handfull of that rebuilt. Only one has been rebuilt to
> GMs original standards. The others are rebuilt as a rolling bar or
> the FIDO. I have seen two others that are owned and are in rough
> shape, I don't think they will ever be rebuilt. I saw another on
> Ebay, again, rough shape. The other six were junked or used as
> parts for the remaining FuturLiners.
>
> The FuturLiner ( FIDO ) was saved from the scrap and completely
> rebuilt by FIDO, a cell phone company in Canada.
>
> Its restored colors were white and Teal. It was painted to the
> Original red when they knew it would be put up for sale.
>
> The FuturLiner was torn down and rebuilt. The engine and drivetrain
> was upgraded to todays standards. It is not an RV CONCEPT. The
> center of the roof has a light unit built into it and it raises
> above the coach to light the area, about 12 feet I beleive. It was
> a combination of florescent and incandesent flood lamps powered by
> the FuturLiner that carried the Generator.
> In the rebuild, the roof was rebuilt differently for structural
> reasons ( the original FuturLiners used to flex when the side panels
> were opened and it would take several men to get them back to
> position so the sides could be closed ). The sides would drop the
> bottom half down and top half up to open a large display area, which
> is why FIDO wanted to use one for its cell phone drive. One of the
> displays that used to be in the FuturLiner is at Chicagos Museum of
> Science and Industry.
>
> The FuturLiner was a follow up from the original StreamLiner used for
> the Parade of Progress shows. THere are NO StreamLiners in
> existance that we know of. GM is not too good at keeping things
> that might be worth a lot of money in the future.
>
> Top speed was about 35 miles an hour and had some kind of shifter
> for the rear gear box as well as the transmission.
>
> The FuturLiner was produced with a glass roof over the driver and
> NO AIR CONDITIONING. The drivers said they would cook under the
> sun.
> The FuturLiners were upgraded with a metal roof with a hatch over
> the driver. If I recall, they never had Air Con in them.
>
> After GM abandoned the Parade of Progress, the FuturLiners were
> given away as they had no interest in them anymore.
>
> The FuturLiners had poor brakes ( sound familiar ) and when going
> down a mountain road, one FuturLiner ran into the rear of another.
> One was fixed. The other was given away with a working one to a
> police departement. the damaged one was given for parts.
>
> If you had seen the GM concept with the driver in the roof area,
> that was much like the FuturLiners driver compartment. Only about
> 40 years later........
>
> LarC ( I just don't know where some of this stuff comes from, But i
> am willing to share :lol: )
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> 74 GLACIER X, 260
> 455/APC/4 bagg'r(ver3)
> Remflex Manifold gaskets
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