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This Web Site is dedicated to the restoration of a 1953 Futurliner and providing background information on the Parade of Progress, Paraders and vehicles.
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This is Futurliner #10, one of 12 built by GM for the Parade of Progress show in the 40s and 50s. Restoration began in 1999 by a dedicated crew of volunteers. The vehicle is available for shows.
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RESURRECTING THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST
Near the West Michigan lakeshore community of Zeeland, Michigan, an ambitious all-volunteer crew restored a 1953 GM Futurliner. The restoration project took seven years (1999-2006) and was directed by Don Mayton, retired GM Plant Manager, under the auspices of the NATMUS (National Automotive & Truck Museum of the United States, Inc.), located in Auburn, Indiana. Joe Bortz, of the Bortz Auto Collection located in Illinois, donated the Futurliner to NATMUS. NATMUS owns the vehicle, but Don and the crew of volunteers restored it in Michigan.
If you have any information about the history of the Streamliners, Futurliners, Parade of Progress or know of anyone who worked on one of these, please contact one of the following.
Don M. Mayton, Project Director
donscar@centurytel.net
4521 Majestic Vue, Zeeland, MI 49464
616 875-3058
Dean G. Tryon, Newsletter Editor
dgtryon2516@gmail.com
2516 Laurelford Ln., Wake Forest, NC 27587
919 562-4660
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