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sb001
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wasn't sure where to post this-- spotted this beaut outside McDonalds on my recent trip to Beijing China... thought it was nice enough to be posted here. 
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Dustin B
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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I'm not sure what I'm looking at but I want to see more of it. Did you take any pictures of the rear or dash?
The rear wheels are farther back on the body then a bay or split and the rounded corners on the bottom of the door is some sort of giveaway.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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Fiberglass replica with hinged salesflap setup in the middle?
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joe cool
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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| Once upon a time somebody (maybe Thom Fitzpatrick?) made a post comparing a questionable bus to a guy who took a shit in his leather pants. Something about not knowing exactly what is wrong but being certain that something is clearly wrong. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:16 am Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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| Once upon a time somebody (maybe Thom Fitzpatrick?) made a post comparing a questionable bus to a guy who took a shit in his leather pants. Something about not knowing exactly what is wrong but being certain that something is clearly wrong. |
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sb001
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| Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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| Dustin B wrote: |
I'm not sure what I'm looking at but I want to see more of it. Did you take any pictures of the rear or dash?
The rear wheels are farther back on the body then a bay or split and the rounded corners on the bottom of the door is some sort of giveaway. |
Sorry did not get any more photos.. but y'all are correct even though it sort of seems like the real thing it's just a tad "off"- like the American restaurant food in China.
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Lind
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| Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:14 am Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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they make knock-offs of current production cars in China for their domestic market.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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Chianees don't give a shit! They'll copy any damn thing they want! 
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| Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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| Chinese automakers recently lost a court case brought by Rover. Chinese court has yet to rule on damages. Chinese automakers are sweating it. Ford will have it's cars for the foreign market made in China. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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that car has a small sticker on the bottom
...."made in China"
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joe cool
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| Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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| Oh my God that 23 window is a nightmare. It's like when somone next to you on an elevator shits in their leather pants. You can smell that something is terribly wrong, but the true extent of the situation is concealed. |
I found it from 2010. Credited it to the wrong person though. Sorry. But hey, my memory is only half shot and that’s not too bad. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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I wonder where or how you would get one of those in North America?, I had a customer ask about converting a bus for sales recently, that looks like it's already set up for what she was dreaming of and a real bus doesn't have to die to satisfy a temporary Hipster stereotype.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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| I'd like to know how you get in it. The cast from the mold looks like the front doors do not open. The only opening looks like the swing up roof and the swing down serving side. There must be a door on the rear to enter and exit. There is a tow hook on the front to pull the shell around. They must have taken a mold off of a horrible beat down columbian bus. It just looks so wrong. |
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j.pickens
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| Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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I remember somebody was making fiberglass split window bus trailers for vending and camping. They were posted on here, and I think I saw some at a bus show, maybe 10 years ago at OCTO? Maybe someone can find a link.
Edit: OK, found it. The Dub Box:
https://dub-box.com/index.php?a=1?a=1
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| Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing split window bus |
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Hmmm..., thanks for that, I'll pass it along to her, she was considering a stubby Airstream as well, you never know...
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