{"id":11782,"date":"2018-04-14T07:10:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T12:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=11782"},"modified":"2018-04-13T21:07:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T02:07:20","slug":"general-motors-futurliner-number-10-at-the-tulsa-car-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=11782","title":{"rendered":"General Motors Futurliner Number 10 at the Tulsa Car Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"_DSC0387\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/39629627530\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/883\/39629627530_31d6602718_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0387\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Futurliner was the hit of the car show. The open door to the left leads up stairs to the driver&#8217;s seat. There are two passenger seats behind the driver. The open door to the left leads to the engine compartment.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Something new came to Tulsa the other day. Or more accurately something old came to Tulsa looking like nothing I had ever seen. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurliner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GM Futurliner Number 10<\/a> made a round downtown and then headed to the 2018 Tulsa Car Show where it was the main attraction. I had never heard of them but apparently they were popular in the day. General Motors made twelve Futurliners for the World&#8217;s Fair in 1939 and afterwards sent them across the country along with 32 support vehicles putting on a show at each stop called &#8220;Parade of Progress&#8221; trumpeting modern science and technology. Each vehicle was self contained with stage and lights and had their own segment of the exhibition. Number 10 was originally devoted to &#8220;Opportunity for Youth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"_DSC0417\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/41438587501\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/866\/41438587501_7dd67c5b95_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0417\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view. Up top you can see the built in floodlights to illuminate the stage.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The show was very popular but was halted during World War II and then started up again after the war and ended in 1955. A victim of a technology called television.<\/p>\n<p>These things are huge, 11&#8217;6&#8243; tall and 30 feet long and a wheelbase of 8 feet. They weigh 30,000 pounds. They were powered originally by a four cylinder engine and then later a six cylinder that had only 145 hp. The top speed was 50 mph. Number 10 is owned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/natmus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Auto and Truck Museum<\/a> in Auburn, Indiana. A representative of the museum said that it can be driven around town but for moves from town to town they load it up on a trailer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"_DSC0381\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/41438889571\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/785\/41438889571_0173ec52a7_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0381\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here is the stage on the right hand side.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The design of the vehicle is beautiful, streamline art deco with shiny panels and bright red and a white top. I love the tires. Big old fat white walls. The hub cap had an atomic symbol on it. It sure recalls a bygone age of unbridled optimism in the future.\u00a0 The vehicle is Art Deco on Steroids and is just so beautiful.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"_DSC0382\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/40724265844\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/795\/40724265844_33ca60a0b4_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0382\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big fat white walls and the cool hubcap with the atomic symbol on it.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Futurliners have a Tulsa connection. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Oral Roberts\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oral_Roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia\">Oral Roberts<\/a>, Tulsa&#8217;s own prosperity gospel preacher bought one and renamed it the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurliner.com\/oralroberts.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cathedral Cruiser<\/a>&#8221; and used it to barnstorm the United States, Mexico and South America.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"_DSC0385\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/27566841968\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/795\/27566841968_aa5e9c87b1_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0385\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting in the driver&#8217;s seat. I don&#8217;t think it had power steering.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of the twelve original Futurliners only about eight or nine still exist and of those only a few have been restored like this one.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"_DSC0386\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/40724185694\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/797\/40724185694_7fda1aa923_z.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0386\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">What a view from the driver&#8217;s seat. I think it would be scary as heck to drive. You would never be wondering what it is happening up ahead.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I had never heard of Futurliners until I saw something posted online about this one parked downtown Thursday afternoon. I could have kicked myself because it was parked right across the street from where I work and I didn&#8217;t see it. 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Or more accurately something old came to Tulsa looking like nothing I had ever seen. GM Futurliner Number 10 made a round downtown and then headed to the 2018 Tulsa Car Show where it was the main attraction. I had never heard of them but apparently they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1577,1004,1273,2180,1991,2181,1724],"class_list":["post-11782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","tag-art-deco","tag-car-shows","tag-cars","tag-futurliner","tag-oral-roberts","tag-streamline","tag-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11785,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11782\/revisions\/11785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}