balthazar

A hit piece. As soon as you resort to personal attacks, you've tipped your hand.

Yeah. I get it (licensing); I just abhor the logo. on another note- casting looks kinda lame. I have this Husky B-59 (metal), and the body proportions are quite decent. Prolly from the ‘60s. Guess there’s not enough money in this scale die cast to get them even to the Husky quality level.

ugh.

Original issue ‘68 ~

I dumped the office routine 21 years ago. But I also don't work out of my home; I work out of yours.

EDIT :: Wiki says the 3rd gen were used for the '39 World's Fair. eDIT :: The 2nd "Parade of Progress" unit is the 1st gen silver-top 1936 version. 8 were built. The "Previews of Progress" unit was built in '38, but I now think it was a single, additional unit to the '36s.

I love the Futurliners. There were at least 3 versions; the style above was rebuilt from the 2nd generation and came out - apparently- in '41. Here's the initial 3rd gen version; GM modified the bubble roof for more shade due to driver's complaints of high heat in there. These are the other 2 versions; there's very little info on them out there. I think the 2nd one was how they looked in '39, but the first one -which looks older to me- is a dually, which seems to make it 'closer' the the '41. I believe the Futurliners were first build in '36. Would like to learn more about the earlier ones. I theorize that the 1st gen was rebodied into the 2nd, and the 2nd into the 3rd... meaning none of the 1st or 2nd gen exist.

This is a mere 5 years' difference in age; we'll never see this degree of stylistic change ever again.

New one on me.

Maybe never.

Keep in mind the population of the U.S. has grown from 100 million to 330 million in that time span. 1918 was far more deadlier in terms of percentages.

Have that set-up in my '04 Silverado... tho I've found that my knees do not hinge to either side, so I built a lil tray to sit on the trans tunnel.

'21 R1T front / rear legroom : 42.7 / 35.2 ( ) '21 Sierra crew cab : 44.5 / 43.4 '94 Suburban : 41.8 / 36.6

Sure hope the console shifter isn't mandatory across most trims, and is a HC-level thing. Dumb waste of space. Update looks good, tho it's a bit more mainstream. I'd prefer the '19-21 nose, all else being equal. Interior looks great.

IMO, not seeing that one, either.

The Voyage concept foreshadowed the (gas-powered) Brougham of '93 and up.

Why???? Exterior design has nothing to do with motive power; any vehicle could be either.

^ I'm going to go with 'no'. There's PLENTY of 'borrowing' and trending in automotive design, and with the envelope always getting smaller & smaller over time, we're going to see more & more very similar vehicles. Already the 45 SUVs around you could easily be 5 other brands from what they are. Tell you this tho; I know which exterior from the above I prefer...

Only 'beautiful' in its purpose, IMO, but here it is anyway. 1910 ~

The puppet master still pulls the strings. Ranger has gobbled up a big chunk of the market in only 2 years. As of 2020, Ranger and the GM mid-sizers combined sell the same volume as the tacoma. Of course- with '20 being the big slow-down, and '21 being The Year of the Few Chips, perhaps it won't be until Q3 of '22 before we see 'regular' sales numbers from everyone.

It’s likely problematic junk, if the past 20 years of quality issues is any indication.