vasteras

daveyboy · July 12, 2011, 06:12:39 PM

we got back from sweden on sunday, it was awesome as usual
heres a few sample pics. more in the album.

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FUBAR · July 12, 2011, 06:22:13 PM

Looks like you had a great time! and some great weather as well

whats one of these things again?

daveyboy · July 12, 2011, 06:25:14 PM

its a very old bus of course. under resto at the minute. cant recall the name tbh. very rare and unusual in that it has twin wheels on the front axle

daveyboy · July 12, 2011, 06:26:19 PM

btw, weather was ace, rebel even got a pic of a bird with her jugs out but did,nt realise when he took the pic.

art b · July 12, 2011, 06:29:43 PM

marty will remember,

it was a GM showpiece that toured the US,

a few of them were built...
one sold for 4 million bucks at the barratts auction a couple of years ago,

daveyboy · July 12, 2011, 06:38:04 PM

ive seen them before , somewhere

cool as hell.

btw, that skelton is the swedish version of pete tucker

his jokes where quite old

daveyboy · July 12, 2011, 06:44:36 PM

gm futurliner

art b · July 13, 2011, 05:54:00 AM

facinating vehicles..

very unusual driving position ya go up stairs to drive....

http://www.futurliner.com/other.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.futurliner.com/other.htm

Cunning Plan · July 13, 2011, 06:11:57 AM

Quoting: daveyboy

rebel even got a pic of a bird with her jugs out but did,nt realise when he took the pic

And that picture isn't on here because????????

FUBAR · July 13, 2011, 07:37:49 AM

Quoting: art b

facinating vehicles..

very unusual driving position ya go up stairs to drive

"In late 2007 we got word that Brad had sold the Futurliner to Nicklas Jonsson and would be shipped to Sweden. "

that'd be that one then.

art b · July 13, 2011, 07:42:04 AM

them bloody swedes will have everything soon....

F Body · July 13, 2011, 07:44:48 AM

Quoting: art b

marty will remember

The 400-horsepower leviathan is indeed a GMC Futurliner and is 33 feet long and just shy of 12 feet tall. When it was built for the 1939 New York World's Fair, it cost GM around $2 million in today's dollars

Those of you with long memories may recall that a similar example shattered Barrett-Jackson records when it hammered at $4.1M in 2006

After the World's Fair, the 12 Futurliners toured the U.S. under the "Parade of Progress" banner, showing the nation the technology of, well, the future. Each bus opened up to display the science behind microwaves, jet propulsion and the like.

Click the following link to see an example that was exhumed from a New York corn field in 1997 before being massaged back to life by Coach Builders of Springfield, Massachusetts and is for sale on egay.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/08/multi-million-dollar-gmc-futurliner-to-be-auctioned-by-ebay-moto/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/08/multi-million-dollar-gmc-futurliner-to-be-auctioned-by-ebay-moto/

art b · July 13, 2011, 07:45:21 AM

hey cp ya can keep ya... beetle buses....

these are proper buses.....

http://www.busfanplace.com/futurliner/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.busfanplace.com/futurliner/default.htm

Cunning Plan · July 13, 2011, 08:11:37 AM

Quoting: art b

hey cp ya can keep ya... beetle buses....

Big Mouse · July 14, 2011, 02:39:22 PM

I always wanted to go to vasteras, next year perhaps

daveyboy · July 15, 2011, 01:08:14 PM

Quoting: Big Mouse

I always wanted to go to vasteras, next year perhaps

if your going you have to book flights and hotels atleast 10 months in advance

Big Mouse · July 16, 2011, 06:22:20 AM

Quoting: daveyboy

if your going you have to book flights and hotels atleast 10 months in advance

Thats why I've never made it over there, always forget to do it. Can't go next year either as going to daughters wedding

Roadkill · July 16, 2011, 07:42:14 AM

Quoting: Big Mouse

I always wanted to go to vasteras, next year perhaps

Quoting: Big Mouse

Thats why I've never made it over there, always forget to do it.

I could drive then sleep in the car . . . . .

Big Mouse · July 16, 2011, 11:21:29 AM

How about 2013?

F Body · July 16, 2011, 11:23:14 AM

Quoting: daveyboy

if your going you have to book flights and hotels atleast 10 months in advance

Same with the IOM TT Races, next years ferry's are already full

A good enough excuse to go to the 24 hrs of Le Mans

Roadkill · July 18, 2011, 04:47:30 AM

Quoting: Big Mouse

How about 2013?

That's an idea.

Apart from (possibly) another sprog on the way - that year's currently free.

Would love to take the '58.

Big Mouse · July 18, 2011, 07:47:48 AM

I might have found something else to play with by then too.

Roadkill · July 18, 2011, 07:58:03 AM

I think Motorama drives over each year, IIRC . . . .

Motorama · July 18, 2011, 12:27:58 PM

Yep, got back Thursday from a 12 day round trip to Vasteras, you can do it in less but it's more of a holiday if you take your time and stop at a few nice places along the way. Weather was fantastic this year

I'm back out to Sweden in a couple of weeks for Classic Car Week at Rattvik

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