Being a Tin Can Tourists member, I've heard a lot on the restoration
of the Futureliner. They built a number of them for the Parade of
Progress- replete with fold-out, electromechanical dioramas. A few
were renovated in the mid-to-late fifties and went on tour again.
I'll look for some of those update emails. They found several of the
guys who drove them cross country and their memories of the
adventures are pretty cool.

On Aug 15, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:

> Look closely at the Futureliner; dual wheels on the front as well
> as on the rear.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> --- On Fri, 8/15/08, honemastert <honemastert@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> From: honemastert <honemastert@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Fryeday Content.. some GM trivia and news on the VOLT (NVC)
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 5:08 PM
>> GM Dreaming..
>> http://tinyurl.com/5kc8lk
>>
>> Check out that 'Futureliner'  (looks like something
>> from the Simpsons!)
>>
>>
>> Battery CZAR
>> http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/print/6488
>>
>> A good Friday afternoon read.. positive article
>> on US engineering for a change and the GM Volt's
>> progress from this months IEEE Spectrum magazine

Oliver Mueller-Heubach
groundhogging@mac.com