Comments on: Futurliner c.1939 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/futurliner-c-1939/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2024 17:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hugh http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/futurliner-c-1939/#comment-85702 Hugh Fri, 28 Oct 2024 01:39:31 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-85702 Serveral 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 Serveral 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

]]> By: Snapper http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/futurliner-c-1939/#comment-60129 Snapper Tue, 30 Aug 2024 17:04:53 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-60129 A 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 A 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

]]> By: Corvus http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/futurliner-c-1939/#comment-57101 Corvus Thu, 04 Aug 2024 11:37:25 +0000 http://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.

]]> By: C.H. http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/futurliner-c-1939/#comment-56995 C.H. Tue, 02 Aug 2024 19:29:06 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-56995 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. 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.

]]> By: Michael http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/futurliner-c-1939/#comment-56973 Michael Tue, 02 Aug 2024 14:29:50 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-56973 Much 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.

]]> By: Spudplank http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/futurliner-c-1939/#comment-56962 Spudplank Tue, 02 Aug 2024 12:43:28 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22106#comment-56962 beautiful lines and begging to be remade as camper vans beautiful lines and begging to be remade as camper vans

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