Difficulty of bodywork?

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by DoubleO7

This looks like a PNW kinda style you could do and skip the OEM look on the rearend altogether !

Looks like a Gypsy caravan backed into a Swiss chalet.... I kinda like it.

[Rameses]

Originally Posted by DoubleO7

This looks like a PNW kinda style you could do and skip the OEM look on the rearend altogether !

Nice! As cool as that looks, it might be tough to pull off with Steve's bus being a rear engine though.

One idea I'd considered was cutting out the damaged area and building a little greenhouse above the engine compartment.

You could have a door that opens into it from the interior of the bus and just reach in and pick a fresh tomato to cut up and put on a sandwich.

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by Rameses

Nice! As cool as that looks, it might be tough to pull off with Steve's bus being a rear engine though.

One idea I'd considered was cutting out the damaged area and building a little greenhouse above the engine compartment.

You could have a door that opens into it from the interior of the bus and just reach in and pick a fresh tomato to cut up and put on a sandwich.

I like the idea. Probably not entirely practical for me though.

It got me thinking though. If I work out any potential structural issues I could make the damaged area nearly flat and put a storage rack there.

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by PNW_Steve

I like the idea. Probably not entirely practical for me though.

It got me thinking though. If I work out any potential structural issues I could make the damaged area nearly flat and put a storage rack there.

That's one idea!

[DoubleO7]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

The seats are structural, so is everything.

How much tho?
My 1998 Amtran 66 passenger with handicap lift does not use the seats as a structural element. The walls have the standard rail for the second seat leg.
But nothing is bolted to it.
No idea if there is anything added inside the walls to make up for that tho.