# Here's a old one. I might buy one in running condition (as if)

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**Created:** [May 24, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heres-a-old-one-i-might-buy-one-in-running-condition-as-if/200434 "2025-05-24T23:17:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heres-a-old-one-i-might-buy-one-in-running-condition-as-if/200434/1 "2025-05-24T23:17:02Z")

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> **[The 1956 General Motors Firebird II Had An Engine That Reached 35,000 RPM -...](https://www.jalopnik.com/1865118/gm-firebird-ii-engine-explained/)**
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> How often have we heard something described as the car of the future? But in 1956, GM made a concept car that really did have a futuristic feel.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heres-a-old-one-i-might-buy-one-in-running-condition-as-if/200434/2 "2025-05-25T13:06:42Z")

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IIRC GM rarely if ever sold their concept cars. The only two I recall are the Futurliner and the Olds F-88 concept car. I saw the auction at Barrett Jackson of the F-88 on television. I believe the commentators said that the original sale was a mistake.