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Originally Posted by Sehnsucht
Carpenter? Basing that on the last frame image of the rear bumper which has the brand blacked out but looks like what I recall the Carpenter marque looking like. And based on the way it collapsed in on itself when it rolled, I would say don't buy one!
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I wondered if it was a Carpenter, since the NHTSA issued a warning about them in 2003 because of a rollover accident where the roof was smashed flat:
https://icsw.nhtsa.gov/people/injury.../carpenterbus/. Carpenters were built with a separate roof that was welded to the walls (instead of a single hat channel rib like most buses now) which is how they got that more squarish shape.