Originally I had looked at converting a high roof transit van, but talked to a local bus company and they have a possible trade in of a 1998 V10 with 36k miles. He wants $2500 for it. That was 6 days ago.
Since then I have watched videos of many successful builds of shuttle buses. But I have no experience with fiberglass. Videos like
showed me how much flex they have - especially if damaged in some way. Another one of the vids in their series showed the roof collapsing.
I want to put panels on the roof, and do not want to stress the structure beyond its design limits. Lots of wisdom and good experience here on skoolie.net. I have enjoyed following the threads and soaking into the creativity.