It has been a couple of years since we last brought up the quirky General Motors Futurliner. Twelve of these (back-then) futuristic buses were built for the 1939 New York World’s Fair to showcase what GM was capable of at the time, but only nine exist to date. When classic truck and bus restorer Brad Boyaijan stumbled across one back in 2002, it didn’t come with enough parts for him to restore it, so he planned to use it for parts for two other Futurliners he was restoring.
Instead of letting the 30 ton piece of General Motors history go to waste, he turned it into a transporter for all his other projects. The modded Futurliner sits on a 178 CCC garbage truck chassis and is powered by an 855 cubic inch inline six-cylinder diesel engine. The body has been modified with a tilt cab for easy engine access and rides on air springs rated at 20,000 pounds.
Boyaijan is asking $1.25 million for the Futurliner, which Autoblog found for sale on American Movie Trucks. Â If you can afford it, we can hardly think of a better way to haul some classic General Motors metal around than on the back of a Futurliner.
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Reminds me of a Mercedes truck of about the same vintage that was converted in order to be able to carry a Mercedes racer on the back!
You mean the Mercedes Benz Blue Wonder?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SwWSwOBp2MI/AAAAAAACQk8/KYcd1A6xmKE/s1600/1954-Mercedes-Benz-Blue-Wonder-7.jpg
Bring back the futurliner.
WOW, just saw the Futur..Liner, well at least for me. I am now planning the sale of everything I own and then some.
I WILL ( Hopefully ) own one..
I will let you know….
I saw this today, 5/15/2014, traveling north on US 101 in Camarillo, CA. It was hauling a military-type jeep and another random quad-like golf cart. In any case, it was moving along nicely, and I had to exit, so it passed me.
About 30 min later, as I was back on the Freeway, traffic slowed for some blown tire debris, and there was the Futurliner, on the right shoulder, listing heavily. It had blown the left front tire, and it looked as if the beautiful wheel was damaged as well.
What a dramatic sight, to see this up-high cab-over, cruising at 65-70MPH; and then how sad to see it later with a blown tire.
I hope that there was no other damage, and that they were able to get it back on the road!
Having no idea what it was at the time, other than seeing the vintage “GM” emblem up front, I had to do a Google search as soon as I got home, and landed here!
Thank You!