Say Hello to the GM Futurliner Truck

Have you heard of the GM Futurliner? I can’t blame you if you haven’t. General Motors produced 12 of these between the late thirties and until the mid forties, and only nine of them are known to still exist. Even crazier, only one or two truck models are said to have survived.

One of those truck versions is the Futurliner pictured here. This outrageous bus was the idea of Harley Earl to depict what the future of automobile design would look like down the road. Decorated with art deco design, secret front doors, and a center driver’s seat at the very front of the bus, this massive vehicle caught the imagination of children and adults as it tour the country from the late thirties until the mid fifties.

A 302 Chevy block originally designed for military duty powered this 8 ft wide, 11 ft tall, and 12 ton monster down the road. Sadly, no EPA ratings are available on this bad boy, so we will never know what kind of fuel-economy it gets. HA.

As you can imagine, such a rare vehicle would hardly be available for purchase, and if it were, the price would be outrageous—and you’d be right. Mecum has officially listed this truck model on the Monterey auction catalog scheduled for later this month, and it’s already received a valuation of a whopping million dollars. Considering its truck bed is 29 feet long, that’s only about $34,482 bucks per foot.

Deal?

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Photos via: [Mecum]