Found ! Rare 2-Window Shorty

[Rusty]

Found the perfect bus, just having trouble with the floorplan.... and fitting 3Kw solar on roof.

I want to move the entry door midship.

[RomaniGypsy]

Is that thing a factory-spec bus or has it been shortened after the fact like all too many '57 Chevys out there?

[Robin97396]

Yeah, there were only four kids on that bus route.

I'd bet that thing would tow great, and think of the manuverability.

[CCurran88]

It's so cute! Enter girly squee here - a pocket-sized bus!

[Mountain Gnome]

where do you store your tools?

And not much of a "love machine..."

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Mountain Gnome

where do you store your tools?

And not much of a "love machine..."

Too...many...jokes...must ....resist...

[BlackJohn]

April Fools!

[cadillackid]

if i remember right this is real.. a custom build yes but not a photoshop
-Christopher

[Tedd]

And another.

School Bus Conversion Resources - 58shorty's Album: 58 gmc 2 window shorty - Picture

[cadillackid]

the shortest more modern (60s and up) full chassis school busses ive seen are 5 window.. superior, thomas and bluebird made them..

-Christopher

[Robin97396]

Very cool. Thanks Gandolph, I meam Tedd.

Just a thought. How much easier might it be to shorten a RE?

[Rusty]

5th wheel is doable.

Originally Posted by Robin97396

Very cool. Thanks Gandolph, I meam Tedd.

Just a thought. How much easier might it be to shorten a RE?

Much harder I'd think to do a RE- you'd chop the middle out.

[Robin97396]

I've seen dognose 5th wheel buses. That's the first FE I've seen set up that way. Doesn't the FE look like it has been shortened? I mean the wheelbase looks pretty short.

[miscrms]

Originally Posted by Robin97396

I've seen dognose 5th wheel buses. That's the first FE I've seen set up that way. Doesn't the FE look like it has been shortened? I mean the wheelbase looks pretty short.

Could be, but BB has made some pretty short wheel base FEs.

[Robin97396]

That pic is a fine example of my current bus. That's 11' wheelbase center to center

[cadillackid]

what a great size for an FE.. whats the total length of the bus?

[Robin97396]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

what a great size for an FE.. whats the total length of the bus?

That looks very similar to my '97 TC1000. With the original interior it was a hair over 18k, and 17k# with the interior panels removed. 26' in length. 11' wheelbase.

[Iceni John]

Originally Posted by Robin97396

Very cool. Thanks Gandolph, I meam Tedd.

Just a thought. How much easier might it be to shorten a RE?

You could join the rear of a RE with the front of a FE, then you'd have a two-engined 4x4 Frankenbus, sort of like a Citroen 2CV Sahara on steroids. Of course, none of us here would dream of actually doing that . . .

In fact, come to think about it, you could sandwich a mid-engine Crown tandem with truncated FE and RE bus remnants, then you'd have a 3-engined 6x6 monster. OK, I'll shut up now.

John

[Tango]

Sounds complicated. I'm just going to stick with my Improbability Drive and Flux Capacitor.

[Robin97396]

I'll go with high compression hubcaps and dual overhead chipmunks.