The weather played a significant factor in the attendance at the
Futurliner during the weekend associated with the Hot Rod Power Tour in
Muskegon, Michigan.
Friday was the most raw and miserable of the show
days with winds and rains throughout the show time of the event. Because
of the wind and rain we only opened the cab for tours and attendance was
poor. Although we did have a couple from the Netherlands
who were enthralled with the vehicle. They were disappointed to find
that the side door display on the Futurliner wasn’t open so they
planned to come back on Saturday in the hopes that it would be open.
Saturday turned out to be a much better day. The sun
was out and temperatures were more pleasant. We had a constant stream of
visitors while the car-show was going on in the same lot. The couple
from the Netherlands
returned and spent a great deal of time thoroughly checking over the
Futurliner and the displays. Shortly after the car-show ended the wind
came up and the light bar was put down and secured. We started to feel a
few raindrops as the wind increased so we closed up the display doors
and put sales items away. We had just nicely gotten everything secured,
when the rain came down by the bucketful. This ended our display time
earlier than expected.
Sunday, the actual day of the tour coming to Muskegon, was by far the best day. Sunny and warm were the words of the day. Our
location was right where the tour entered the downtown area so we
couldn’t be missed. One of our crew was unable to catch what would
have been an outstanding picture of people in their hot rods pointing at
the Futurliner while people around the Futurliner were pointing at the
hot rods.
We had many people stop by because they had seen the
Futurliner on their way into town. A number of them expressed how they
knew of or had read about the Futurliners, but never expected to
actually see one in person.
