Comments on: Futurliner c.1939
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Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time?Thu, 10 Nov 2025 17:04:36 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1By: Hugh
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HughFri, 28 Oct 2025 01:39:31 +0000http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-85702Serveral years ago at the Hagerty Classic Car/Boat Ins. car
show that had one of these rebuilt and at the show. You
got to get in and see what the drive saw. The forward vision
was very poor. I have quite a few photos of it. HRServeral years ago at the Hagerty Classic Car/Boat Ins. car
show that had one of these rebuilt and at the show. You
got to get in and see what the drive saw. The forward vision
was very poor. I have quite a few photos of it. HR
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SnapperTue, 30 Aug 2025 17:04:53 +0000http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-60129A few years ago I used to see one of these - or something really close - parked on a street in Los Angeles in the Studio City areaA few years ago I used to see one of these – or something really close – parked on a street in Los Angeles in the Studio City area
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CorvusThu, 04 Aug 2025 11:37:25 +0000http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-57101@JGMango:
One went through the Barrett-Jackson auction a couple years ago here in Phoenix. It went for more than a million.@JGMango:
One went through the Barrett-Jackson auction a couple years ago here in Phoenix. It went for more than a million.
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C.H.Tue, 02 Aug 2025 19:29:06 +0000http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-56995A small fleet of these was built for GM's Parade of Progress, which was sort of a rolling version of their exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. They went around the country showing off the latest in technological advances... one of which ended up killing them - television.
Most of them still exist and I do believe one was converted into a camper van.A small fleet of these was built for GM’s Parade of Progress, which was sort of a rolling version of their exhibit at the 1939 World’s Fair. They went around the country showing off the latest in technological advances… one of which ended up killing them – television.
Most of them still exist and I do believe one was converted into a camper van.
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MichaelTue, 02 Aug 2025 14:29:50 +0000http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-56973Much better now, thanks.
I get a shiver thinking that this bus is still driving around with its new atomic motor in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gernsback_Continuum" rel="nofollow">Gernsback Continuum</a>.Much better now, thanks.
I get a shiver thinking that this bus is still driving around with its new atomic motor in the Gernsback Continuum.
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SpudplankTue, 02 Aug 2025 12:43:28 +0000http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-56962beautiful lines and begging to be remade as camper vansbeautiful lines and begging to be remade as camper vans
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