The GM Futurliners were a group of custom vehicles, styled in the 1940s by Harley Earl for General Motors, and integral to the company's Parade of Progress—a...
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an Audi R8 Spyder, a '69 Chevrolet Camaro, a '62 Volkswagen bus and GM Futurliner #3. On October 8, 2020, it was announced that the seventh season will...
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FUTURLINER Lot 1307 Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. (November 27, 2009). Retrieved on October 23, 2011. Paukert, Chris (2006-01-22). "GM Futurliner rewrites...
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The GM "Buffalo" bus is a colloquial term referring to several models of intercity motorcoaches built by the GM Truck and Coach Division at Pontiac, Michigan...
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Artists, By Michigan State Library, Helen L. Earle, pg.65 Futurliner Poster GM Futurliner Restoration Project National Automotive and Truck Museum of...
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1973. Retrieved August 22, 2022. Paukert, Chris (January 22, 2006). "GM Futurliner rewrites Barrett-Jackson record books, hammers to $4.1 million". Autoblog...
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2019-04-16. "GM PD Series Parlor Coaches". utahrails.net. Retrieved 2019-04-16. "GMC Chevette". Car Throttle. Retrieved 2019-04-16. "1950 GMC Futurliner History...
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Brasileira". "Google Images". "Soapbox Derby". "Museum of American Speed". "GM Futurliner #10". "National Automotive and Truck Museum". "National Auto & Truck...
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crashed into a crowd during a burnout. In 2015, a locally restored GM Futurliner participated in the cruise and was added to the National Historic Vehicle...
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The GM "old-look" transit bus was a transit bus that was introduced in 1940 by Yellow Coach beginning with the production of the model TG-3201 bus. Yellow...
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The GM New Look bus is a municipal transit bus that was introduced in 1959 by the Truck and Coach Division of General Motors to replace the company's previous...
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The GMC PD-4501 Scenicruiser, manufactured by General Motors (GM) for Greyhound Lines, Inc., was a three-axle monocoque two-level coach that Greyhound...
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WA-225 1947 Tucker 48 Prototype "Tin Goose", HAER Number: PA-652 1940 GM Futurliner NO. 10, HAER Number: IN-114 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, HAER Number:...
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the futuristic look turned off most Canadian transit operators. In 1979, GM Canada's Transit division decided to continue producing New Looks until 1982...
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specialty uses. Following 2003 production, the B-series was discontinued as GM concentrated on bus production derived from cutaway cabs. Until its 2009 discontinuation...
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The GM PD-4103 was a single-decker coach built by GMC, in the United States, in 1951 and 1952. It was a 37- or 41-passenger Parlor-series highway coach...
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manufacturers with flat sides and windows. Production of the RTS transitioned from GM to Motor Coach Industries (under its Transportation Manufacturing Corporation...
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suspension. Designed by Greyhound chief engineer, Milo Dean, with two others from GM, Nils Thunstrom and Norman Martin, the GX-1 used compressed air in cylinders...
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existing transit bus design; at the time, the US bus market was dominated by the GM New Look and Flxible New Look buses, and bus ridership was declining. The...
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original 1936 General Motors "Parade of Progress," originally featuring GM Futurliner traveling exhibit vehicles. The attraction presented a narrated scale...
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Ontario, Specialty Vehicle Press, ISBN Plachno, Larry. "Back to the Futurliners" (PDF). National Bus Trader (February, 2001). National Bus Trader, Inc...
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Single/double deck VDL (originally Bova) 1982 to present The Netherlands Futurliner Single deck General Motors Truck & Coach 1939 USA FX116 Cruising Arrow...
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between 1937 and 1939. General Motors also custom-built twelve streamlined Futurliners for its 1936 Parade of Progress and, later the 1939 New York World's...
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