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| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 714 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.128.245  Rating: N/A |
If by some fluke of omission, you are not aware of these coaches now is a good time to get familar There has never been any other "monoposto" coaches built.... do you have a spiral stairway to the Cockpit of your coach? Was your coach built for ONE person? Is your pre-50's coach worth in excess of $4.5 million? read all about the 12 here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/traffic/sc-cons-0512-autocover-2011051 3,0,6851265.story for starters for more use the Google Tubes....there is a LOT! | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 2082 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157  Rating: N/A |
Saw one of these that was restored at the Carlisle, Pa car show last year on display. Maybe this one. Cool looking item, however I can't see more than $100,000 for it, tops. BTW, one of the vendors there has a Beck? Scenic Cruiser style coach there each show. Stainless is all polished and rest is bright red.I'll take and post a couple of pics, next time I go. | ||
| Teresa (Happycamperbrat)
Registered Member Username: Happycamperbrat Post Number: 259 Registered: 5-2009 Posted From: 173.25.102.41 Rating: N/A |
In the article it talked about one guy spending $300,000 for restoration.... $100,000 wont even come close to buying a restored one at that rate | ||
| John & Barb Tesser (Bigrigger)
Registered Member Username: Bigrigger Post Number: 523 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 96.42.5.35  Rating: N/A |
They had one at the Iola car show a few years back. I think I saw one sell on Barrett-Jackson auction too but can't remember the selling price. Quite a peice of machinery though! | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 2083 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
maybe it'll go for a lot more. There are many people with big bucks that will go for something unique. Although some invest more money in a restoration than it will ever recoup. Motor homes too.  | ||
| Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
Registered Member Username: Luvrbus Post Number: 1124 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 74.33.60.241 Rating: N/A |
Mike K the previous owner of the Mak board and the magazine owns one of those buses still has the straight 8 Buick engine it will probably never get restored he has had it for years good luck | ||
| Matthew J Rutkowski (Matt_rutkowski)
Registered Member Username: Matt_rutkowski Post Number: 47 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 98.235.157.220 Rating: N/A |
The one at Barrett Jackson sold for 4.3 million ! | ||
| Jim Shepherd (Rv_safetyman)
Registered Member Username: Rv_safetyman Post Number: 331 Registered: 1-2004 Posted From: 67.142.130.40 Rating: N/A |
I took the Bus Conversion workshop (1999?) and Mike's Futureliner was at the shop. During the week, he had an industrial sandblaster come in and blast the bus. Afterwords, I went out and looked at the sheetmetal and it was all warped big time - every panel!! At one of the early BCM rallies, there was a restored one and it looked great. Could never understand why it was called a bus, but it was beautiful! Jim | ||
| Dan Clishe (Cody)
Registered Member Username: Cody Post Number: 68 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 206.51.120.170 Rating: N/A |
When you stop and think about all the oddities of the past, the futureliner was a strange bus for sure, the edsel, the corvair,, they all were shelved at some point and put aside to be forgotten, now they are being rediscovered by a new generation and their beauty is finally being appreciated for how unique they are, like I was once told, as long as there is a spot in a museum somewhere dedicated to homely, there will always be a spot for me lol. I'm not cheap but I can be had resonably, I even come with an easy payment plan and no interst, alas, no interest lol. I saw one at a show at COBO Hall in detroit years ago and marveled at how different it was, somebody thru away convention and broke all the rules and just did it, thats what life is all about, just do it. |