GM Futurliner sold for $4.1M at auction.

[delzy_RTS3]

Hope this isn't a repost, but I found an interesting article on a GM Futurliner that sold for over $4 million at auction:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=109053?imw=Y

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Yea Delzy,

It's a repost...   If you look at the date on the story, it says 1-26-06'

Barrett Jackson's auction starts the third week of this month in Scottsdale AZ.

Nick-

[Green-Hornet]

I had not seen that before. That is amazing! Something tells me you will never see it on the road though.

[tekebird]

that futureliner as wel a few other restored ones regularly drive around on their own power

[tekebird]

and despite them being very cool art deco designs........NOT a Bus....it's a truck

[Dallas]

Here's a link to a little more info on the Futurliner project:

http://www.futurliner.com/

and This:

http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/edu_k-12/5-8/making_vehicles/futurliner.html

and one on the parade of progress:

http://www.futurliner.com/account.htm

[Green-Hornet]

and despite them being very cool art deco designs........NOT a Bus....it's a truck - tekebird

I agree with that!! Reminds me more of a train from the front!

[belfert]

The only reason it is not considered a bus is because it never had seats and was intended to carry passengers.  I wouldn't criticize anyone calling it a bus as the design of at least the rear is similiar to buses from the same era.

Anyone who pays $4.1 million for a bus/truck/whatyamacallit would have to be crazy to ever take it out on a public highway.

The Futurliner owned by NATMUS is transported on a special trailer designed just for the Futrliner.  I don't believe it gets driven a whole lot.

Brian Elfert

[Stan]

The report last February was that the Futureliner buyer drove it home from the auction.