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silvertonguedevil
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 Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:12 pm Post subject: Did Gabriel Iglesias really cut a 15-window in half?!! |
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Anybody see the TV show "Tanked" tonight on Animal Planet? I'm sure most of you know that Gabriel Iglesias is a VW Bus nut. For those of you that didn't see the show, Gabriel wanted a fish aquarium and they decided to use a VW bus. He supplied them with a 15-window bus that didn't look too bad to me, and they cut it in half to make coming-and-going aquariums!! 
Did anybody else see this?
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Stocknazi
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Looks like that bus had a Brazillian decklid. Possibly a South American bus?
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silvertonguedevil
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I sure hoped that was the case! I also noticed the lack of a clock (or a hole for one) in the dash and the lack of trim holes made it seem more Kombi-ish. But STILL!!
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rebapuck
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I only saw the previews. Seemed silly to me as your only viewing would be standing up and looking in those small windows. Did they do something different?
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silvertonguedevil
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Not really. You just see it through the stock window openings. It looked pretty cool I guess but I was just sick to my stomach. Why didn't they at least find an abandoned shorty bus project somewhere?
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thom
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Look at the bright side: those of you with unmolested 15-windows just saw your values tick up a notch. Come to think of it, that's the only upside of this travesty I can see...
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rebapuck
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Just saw the rerun. That was a nice bus. A '61.
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thom
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Is that gym equipment in the background? For what? How much laundry could this guy possible have to hang out to drip dry?
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| Is that gym equipment in the background? For what? How much laundry could this guy possible have to hang out to drip dry? |
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rebapuck
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Not sure why the multiple washers, but the gym helped him lose a lot of weight.
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65Nsqback
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The REAL question is how many people will see those "fish tanks" and do the same DUMB ASS THING..aka copycats....
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Zebilmnc
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| Its two washers and two dryers. Matching front loader sets. The buses are in his office/warehouse complex thing. So lots of people needs two washers I guess. |
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Pinetops
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I saw him live a couple years ago and he said he was trying to lose weight for medical reasons. He is genuinely funny and seems like a good guy, despite cutting up that 15 window.
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I saw him live a couple years ago and he said he was trying to lose weight for medical reasons. He is genuinely funny and seems like a good guy, despite cutting up that 15 window.
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Damn, that is impressive. Good for him. |
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| This one (58 dd logos removed) sits between the 21 and the double cab |
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PeteSC
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| rebapuck wrote: |
| Just saw the rerun. That was a nice bus. A '61. |
Fried eggs and spam cans? Don't think it was a '61.
I'll guess it was a Brazilian, like the many that are popping up in the classifieds these days. There was a shot during the episode of them trying to fit the tank in the back half of the bus and it caught the inside of the window openings; it looked like there were some pretty good sized rust holes just painted over. Not justifying cutting up a bus, but it was probably not as nice (or German) as it seemed.
Ronnie from Bustoration was on the episode and worked on the tank bus....maybe he'll chime in.
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