Photos of the GM Futurliner Restoration Project

GM Futurliner Photos
GM Futurliner Restoration Project
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2010 Work/Show Photos

2009 Work/Show Photos
Spring Preparation AACA Millennium Park Show Greenfield Village Motor Muster Swedes Visit Futurliner	Cedar Springs Show Woodward Cruise Grand Rapids Metro Cruise Martinsburg, WV	Carlisle, PA Hershey, PA
2008 Work/Show Photos
Spring Cleanup AACA Grand National AACA Melbourne Show AACA Southeastern Meet	NATMUS CCCA National Fleetwood Dean Tryon Article	Sloan Museum Traverse City Pebble Beach More Pebble Beach	Grand Rapids Metro Cruise Grand Rapids GM Plant Lansing GM Plant
2007 Work/Show Photos
New Tires Auburn Show Vicksburg Show Ault Park Concours d'Elegance	Antiques On The Bay AACA Grand National Zeeland Parade AACA Fall National Meet	DesMoines Coker Tire Book Printing
2006 Work/Show Photos
Futurliner Trailers FIDO Sells at Barritt-Jackson Headed to Amelia Island Show Amelia Island Trip Amelia Island Show Rotating Display Tire Shipped To Coker	Display Trailer Cover 5/20 Holland Show 6/14 Millennium Park Show S.S. Badger to Iola, WI Iola Old Car Show Meadow Brook Auburn	Star Trucking (Lansing) Glenmoor Gathering A Man & His Dream Hershey AACA Museum Hershey Pics
2005 Progress/Work Photos
Video Showing Session 1/11/05 Session 1/18/05 Session 2/1/05 Session 2/8/05 Session 2/15/05 Session 2/22/05 Session 3/1/05 Session 3/8/05	Session 3/15/05 Session 3/22/05 Session 3/29/05 Session 4/19/05 Session 4/26/05 Session 5/3/05 New Flooring Session 5/17/05 Benefit Show	Session 5/24/05 Summer Shows Session 10/11/05 Session 10/18/05 Session 10/25/05 Session 11/1/05 Session 11/8/05 Session 11/15/05 Session 11/22/05	Display Trailer 12/16/05
2004 Progress/Work Photos
The Way It Looks 1/1/2004 Session 01/13/04 Session 01/20/04 Session 01/27/04 Session 02/02/04 Session 02/10/04 Session 02/17/04 Session 03/16/04 Session 03/23/04	Session 03/30/04 Windshield Install Session 04/06/04 Session 04/13/04 Missing Steering Wheel Session 04/20/04 Session 04/27/04 American Crossroads Restoration Headquarters	Session 05/11/04 Session 05/18/04 Session 05/25/04 New Trailer 6/29 Fall Session 9/9/04 Doors Removed 9/14/04 Night Test 9/21/04 Session 10/19/04 Session 10/26/04	Session 11/2/04 Session 11/11/04 Session 11/16/04 Session 11/24/04 Session 11/30/04 Session 12/7/04 Session 12/14/04 Presentation
2003 Progress/Work Photos
The Way It Looks 1/1/2003 Bottom Half Painted Work Session 1/21 Carbs Session 1/28 Kalamazoo Swap Meet 2/1 Session 2/4 Session 2/11 Session 2/18 Session 2/24 Final Paint 3/4 Session 3/11	Session 3/18 Paint Progress Session 3/25 Session 4/1 Session 4/8 Lady In Red Ready for Trim Adding the Trim GM Letters Session 4/21 Session 4/22 Session 4/29	Session 4/30 Session 5/5 Session 5/6 Session 5/12 Session 5/19-20 Session 5/24 Session 6/2-3 Test Drive 6/9 Wheel Falls Off 6/9 Prepared to Travel 6/16 Eyes on Design 6/23 Lowboy Trailer 9/30	Light Housing 10/21 Wiring 10/21 Weather Seals 10/21 Electrical 10/28 Session 11/4 Session 11/11 Tire Mold 11/18 Session 11/24 Session 12/8 Last Session for '03
2002 Progress/Work Photos
The Way It Looks 1/1/2002 Marge the Buffer Lighting Fin GM Operations & Card Case Framework Roof Arrives Roof Is Prepared	Roof Is Installed Seats & Air Big Generator Big Gen. 1 (7/29) Big Gen. 2 (7/29) Big Gen. 3 (7/29) Structural1 (5/5)	Structural2 (5/5) Structural3 (5/5) Structural4 (5/5) Parts1 (5/5) Parts2 (5/5) Parts3 (5/5) Parts4 (5/5)	Parts5 (5/5) Parts 6 (5/5) Display Projects (5/5) Autronic Eye (11/10) Lighting Fin Installed (12/1) Miscellaneous (12/1) Trim (12/1)
2001 Progress/Work Photos
Parader & Other Visitors Bodywork Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Frame Door Completed Brakes	Completed Parts Bench Work Engine Overhaul Transmission Step Installed Access Door Wheelwell	Framework GM Letters Crew/Display Nose Hydramatic & Differential Bendix Brakes Delivered Grease Donated Learning to Paint	Machining Parts Donated Truck

1999 Locating a Futurliner to restore and beginning the disassembly. Locating a Futurliner Relocating it to Zeeland Restoration Begins Disassembly of Futurliner Lots of Rust Components of the Futurliner Sand Blasting New Barn 1999 - 2000 Components as they were disassembled. Electrical Engine Transmission Shifter Hubcaps Tires Roof Bumper Body Interior Dash Drive Shaft Differential Gas Tank Brakes Metalwork	Historical Background Information '33 World's Fair 1936 Parade 1941 Parade 1953 Parade 1954 Parade Aero-O-Dome Exhibits Demonstrations Appreciation Letters Futurliner In-Line Six Other Futurliners Paraders Oral Roberts Cathedral Cruiser		Futurliner Newsletters: April 2007 November 2006 April 2006 January 2006 October 2005 July 2005 January 2005 October 2004 July 2004 April 2004 January 2004 October 2003 July 2003 April 2003 January 2003 October 2002 July 2002 April 2002 January 2002 October 2001 July 2001 April 2001 January 2001 November 2000 July 2000 April 2000 January 2000 June 1999 February 1999