MustangGuy23 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Maybe Joel will finish that one up.. some.. decade... -MJS That site was last updated in 2007. I've been to the museum he refers to since then and they have a completed model on display. I'm guessing it's this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randx0 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 the description says there will be a resin kit eventually . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w451973 Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Only a 165.00 $ starting bid. And it sold. Looks like the seller is a member here, Rob. On another note. I was able to find a little more info here once I spelled it correctly. Futurliner. DUH. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I think someone else was working on one here recently , they were going to render it in 3d printing then cast in resin but it sounded very cost prohibitive . Robert Burns: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I saw that the Ron Pratt Futurliner sold for 4 million dollars this weekend at the Barrett Jackson auction . # 10 the one in the Hemmings story is the one I sat in this summer. Futurliner #10 used to sit at a Cadillac dealership near where I grew up at in Detroit. It sat in the used car lot on the corner of Grand River and Winston-I must have went past it thousands of times growing up. It was my Dad that told me what it as and what they were used for. Of course #10 has been restored and now lives at NATMUS Museum in Auburn Indiana . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 It was on tour at the Hydro Matic Park and Shine car show in Toledo late this summer. Great show BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctruk Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I just saw on CNN. The one at the Barret Jackson auction went for four million...wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrindy77 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I seem to recall Pratte bought the Futureliner about 8-9 years ago at BJ auction. I think it went for 4.2 million at that time. I also understand he a had more work done on it. I could be wrong but I don't think he came out ahead on this one after sellers fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randx0 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Ron Pratt donated the futurliner for charity , so no sellers fees just a lot of veterans being helped . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) I imagine he did some work on it - I was there last time it sold and took some photos. Check out this huge crack in the upper left rear; it starts at the trim line, runs down and comes back up to the trim line again. Must be a stress point in the body: Most amusing part for me was the winner was a phone bidder, thereby denying the viewers of what would have been a massive show of fawning over the buyer and telling him how wonderful he was. Showmanship abhors an anticlimax. So they fawned best they could over the next highest bidder! :lol: Edited January 22, 2015 by ChrisBcritter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 https://autos.yahoo.com/photos/1950-general-motors-futurliner-tour-bus-slideshow/ A few cool pictures in this link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Only a 165.00 $ starting bid. If I had seen it first ,,,, I may have bought it http://www.ebay.com/itm/Futurliner-test-shot-resin-casting-starter-kit-1-24-Motorama-Concept-Bus-/281505732656?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item418b0c9830&nma=true&si=FwP94Wl5ldxHZPcFHYoNKJawz34%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&fol=185330b07c417bdad1f1df4c397c6d0ce7f5ec59a661575eab577ef4967a849d&pwid=modelerrob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Woodruff Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Interesting. Looks like the one that was posted on this board awhile back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 http://www.bing.com/...lectedIndex=164 The Michigan State Police used them also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantacmet Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 You know it's funny because just a couple of threads away is this. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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