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Old 12-01-2014, 11:05 AM   #1
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Not an AS but still interesting

Found this on FB from Car Talk today. Interesting story behind these vehicles. GM Futurliner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Old 12-01-2014, 11:12 AM   #2
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The Futurliners are indeed a cool bit of automotive weirdness. Big, slow, unairconditioned ungainly 8-wheeled monstrosities, there's really nothing all that great about them from a vehicular point of view and yet I WANT one.
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I had the means, I'd definitely have one of those.

Is that a cool vehicle, or what??
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Old 12-01-2014, 12:03 PM   #4
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I think there were 12 built and 3 are known to still exist.
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Old 12-01-2014, 05:30 PM   #5
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I think there were 12 built and 3 are known to still exist.
"12 Futurliners were manufactured, with nine still known to exist as of 2007. In 2014, Futurliner #10 was nominated for inclusion in the National Historic Vehicle Register"

The story at Wikepedia is really interesting and has the known status of them.
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Old 12-01-2014, 08:01 PM   #6
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Also related is the Decoliner

The Decoliner is a Randy Grubb Blastolene handmade Airstream travel trailer
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Old 12-02-2014, 11:02 AM   #7
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A Futureliner sold at Barrett-Jackson auction for 4.1 million dollars back in 2006.
Still want one?
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Absolutely! I've loved them since I was a kid.
The Futurliner that sold for $4.1 million in 2006 to Ron Pratt?
It will be sold again in 2015 at Barrett-Jackson auction, January 10-18.
There is a great series of photos and a writeup on Hemmings: GM Futurliner | Hemmings Daily
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Yes, it is a part of the Pratt collection. Many items in his collection will be offered at auction soon. The day he bought the Futureliner, he bought a Pontiac Bonneville concept car for 2.6 million.
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When I was a kid growing up in Eugene, I saw the Parade of Progress traveling exhibit. I was fascinated by the mechanical animated miniature freeways, with HO-sized cars and trucks moving along intricate roadways, freeway interchanges, etc. I even remember the cars in the inside lanes moving faster than the trucks in the slow lane! I really wanted to get a look at the mechanisms behind the scenes, but never got the chance.

I saw the DecoLiner at the Portland Art Museum a couple of summers ago. Completely Amazing.
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