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L'Amour Gitan Build

And so it begins. The conversion of a 53 passenger 2001 Thomas / Freightliner bus into our L'Amour Gitan.

Rubber vibration damper. All panels have grounding via ground wire.

PV panels are bolted from the bottom and clamped from the top.

PV frame rack. With all the mounting points, I don't think they will go anywhere they aren't suppose to.

Just look at those busbars!

Auction Photo.
This bus was from rural Iowa where most of the roads are dirt or gravel.

Auction Photo 2 2021 02 03

Standard bus interior picture.

We all do it, even though we all hate to do it!
Removal of the seats.

Oh, Look. I see a little rust by the wheel wells.

Its not THAT bad. Right?

I think some rust restorer will fix that up right as rain.

I needed to shine some more light on the situation.

Now there is less rust.

I think the bus was ,at one time, submerged in clay/mud. The wheels were packed with it right up to the brake drums.

New rear brake drum. I did the rear brake shoes and drums. When I picked up the bus the brakes were still serviceable but needed to be done as...

Look at the dirt on the floor!

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