I got up way too early this morning probably because I was thinking how little work I have done on my car and how much Frank has done on his car even with a hernia. So I put on TV (Frank would have
Peter C. and I saw the Futurliner at the Iola, WI car show. For a $1 donation, you could go inside and tour it. If you ever get the chance, go see it. It is pretty spectacular for it's time. LD Sprid
Yeah, Peter may recall better than I, but I think they said there were 4 (?) originally. They are not all among the living anymore. LD If I'm not mistaken, there wee/aremore than one of these. jay fi
There was a guy I knew (can't remember his name) on Rt. 41 in Highland Park, IL that owned 3 of the Futureliners, plus about a 1/2 a dozen of the GM concept show cars at one time. If I'm not mistaken
Hello type79, there were/(are?) more of them allright. originally (if I recall correctly) they made SIX. the one that's been making the tour was recently "found" (sometime in the past 10 years?) and
Thanks Larry, I guess it was too early to completely read the other messages on the Hemmings blog site but the 1 of 3 owners said it is being used for a children with illness charity. I'll have to tr
Not to mention the post war "which way is it going?" Studebakers. Some of the best looking cars ever to come out of Detroit ( or where ever Studies were made.) When I was a freshman in High school on
Speaking of cool, buses, I'm trying to figure out what the year make and model of the bus in the latest Robin Williams movie RV. Anyone know the kind of bus it was here is a picture. Linda http://ww
Loewy was under contract with Studabaker at that time. While his company did work on trains and other products I am not aware of his doing any work in the automotive field except for Studabaker. He
Looks to be a 1940's vintage Flxible built by the Flxible Co. in Ohio. You can make out part of the nameplate on the front in one of the photos. Mike Myers Member of the 1980 US Olympic Bus Driving
<<<There was a guy I knew (can't remember his name) on Rt. 41 in Highland IL that owned 3 of the Futureliners, plus about a 1/2 a dozen of the GM concept show cars at one time.>>> Joe Bortz ? Famous
1948 Flxible Clipper, they used 3 of them. There is no "E" in Flxible, it was a trademark thing. Pretty well known brand in it's day, second probably only to GMC Coach. Link: http://www.fmca.com/fmc2
My 1959 Scenicruiser... http://i15.tinypic.com/35k534k.jpg 1948 Flxible Clipper, they used 3 of them. There is no "E" in Flxible, it was a trademark thing. Pretty well known brand in it's day, second
Now HERE is a bus for ya, usually referred to as "Big Fast and Ugly", an MCI MC6, has a V12 Diesel and was illegal to operate in a number of states so some of them were sent up to Greyhound Canada Op