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| Greg Smith (Pawsbus)
Registered Member Username: Pawsbus Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 24.109.118.14 Rating: N/A |
I have heard very little about "belly cars". What kind of car are they and where can you find one? Are they actually small enough to fit in a standard bay? Greg | ||
| clint hunter (Truthhunter)
Registered Member Username: Truthhunter Post Number: 503 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 24.129.237.52  Rating: N/A |
but where do you store all the crap and utilities if you have a mini car down there ??? | ||
| PA Doug (Padoug)
Registered Member Username: Padoug Post Number: 19 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 76.120.147.169 Rating: N/A |
You mean the Swiss/Japanese/Mexican car for motorhomes due out next year? I believe it's called the Flatenwagen Origami Tini Dos Equis. | ||
| Nellie Wilson (Vivianellie)
Registered Member Username: Vivianellie Post Number: 277 Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 75.178.92.43  Rating: N/A |
Hey Greg - Are you serious??? I've heard of belly BUTTON cars, but not 'belly cars'... maybe it starts out as an egg? Nellie | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 574 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.209.13  Rating: N/A |
Most have cut down the Honda 600, here is a link to a discussion, with one guy selling one. http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?topic=13021.15 | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 1284 Registered: 7-1997 Posted From: 24.239.12.139  Rating: N/A |
And here on BNO... http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/233/4914.html http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/233/1597.html etc., etc. Type some appropriate words into the search engine - you'll find plenty. As well, careful of the weight on the bay floor. There is a discussion here: http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/233/2860.html including a response from Luke @ US Coach. http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/233/9643.html including an excellent answer from RJ Long. The topic of total weight here: http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/233/10198.html including excellent details from Sean Welsh. Again, etc., etc. I can't find it now, but I wrote something on an Eagle I used to drive where the baggage doors were converted from 1/2 fold-ups (for lack of a better term) (does anyone know what the official term is?) to cafe-style doors. I took a charter away with this bus and the flex of the bus combined with the torque created as we were rounding a tight curve quickly, sprung the cafe door from it's latch at the top of the compartment. (Please don't ask how long it took us to stop the bus and retrieve the luggage which blew out as a result!) I use this example to illustrate that there are several weight considerations which, combined with fresh/gray/black/fuel tanks and assorted other paraphernalia slung under our 30 to 40 year old buses, make it advisable to study how much more the understructure can handle. There was a 4905 close to me that had an old Austin Mini cut down to fit in the middle luggage bay. Cute! Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| clint hunter (Truthhunter)
Registered Member Username: Truthhunter Post Number: 512 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 24.129.237.52 Rating: N/A |
do you mean horizontal bi-folds doors boss-nut ? ~ thought your comment was going to be a introduction of a new "intuitive" BNO search engine that scans a comment and offers archive links, that would of been impressive, just like the one you manual brought forth form the archives, thanks for the example/reminder, we will always need more ways here to share more; which encourages more data contributions to this vital bus exhange. | ||
| Nellie Wilson (Vivianellie)
Registered Member Username: Vivianellie Post Number: 283 Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 75.178.92.43 Rating: N/A |
Ian - How long did it take? Nellie  | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 576 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.209.13 Rating: N/A |
He did that because I posted "The Other Board"! ;) | ||
| niles steckbauer (Niles500)
Registered Member Username: Niles500 Post Number: 943 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 173.78.39.41 Rating: N/A |
Did you mean pantographic doors? | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 1285 Registered: 7-1997 Posted From: 24.239.13.27 Rating: N/A |
Clint, Niles, all due respect, but I think the official name is foldy-up-y doors. But thanks for your "opinions". :~) Paul, you're right. It irritates the hell out of me to need to want to be #1. Damn that other board. We're #2, hey, we're #2! Also :~) Nellie, pour vous, je voudrais le faire durer éternellement. Again... ;~) Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 602 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.155.14  Rating: N/A |
What He be a sayin?? He must not be from the south where ya git grits for breakfast. I be a thunkin that he need to be a movin so his brain can thaw out since he be a talkin like that!!!! pour means tip the glass, vous ?? The rest of the stuff is greek to me,or is that sumpun else?? Gomer | ||
| niles steckbauer (Niles500)
Registered Member Username: Niles500 Post Number: 944 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 173.78.39.41 Rating: N/A |
"foldy-up-y doors" it is - this brings me to my first suggestion ever for this fine BBS - An OFFICIAL Bus Dictionary/Thesaurus - feel free to use this idea as you deem fit - I do have some entries for items that end in "thingies" - As you were | ||
| Nellie Wilson (Vivianellie)
Registered Member Username: Vivianellie Post Number: 286 Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 75.178.92.43 Rating: N/A |
Wow Ian... I won't translate... Your French is impressive. I usually get 'voulez-vous coucher avec moi?' when I ask one of these English folks if he speaks any French | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 1713 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.68.133.251  Rating: N/A |
thugs and ruffians.... Excuse moi, non fumee pas dans mon autobus. hmmm, coach masc or fem? Easier to mumble over the mike than type it out... Cafe moyen avec creme, s'il vous plait, and one of those donuts over there to share? Wouldn't putting a modest Chev 350 into the golf cart solve the bay car thing? happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 579 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 75.218.84.21 Rating: N/A |
"Good Grief" I have a hard enough time with one language, let alone two or more! Yall have fun! LOL You can say anything you want about me and I would think it was funny! HA | ||
| RJ Long (Rjlong)
Registered Member Username: Rjlong Post Number: 1610 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 67.182.53.218  Rating: N/A |
Hey Nellie - You forgot the "ce soire"!! | ||
| David Lower (Dave_l)
Registered Member Username: Dave_l Post Number: 230 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 67.58.201.14  Rating: N/A |
MCI had a rubber hinged door that swung up in one piece the later style starting with the MC7 used a Pantograph style door which is in use today. this door pulls out and goes up parallel to the coach body saveing space between coachs at terminals. Dave L | ||
| Nellie Wilson (Vivianellie)
Registered Member Username: Vivianellie Post Number: 293 Registered: 11-2008 Posted From: 75.178.92.43 Rating: N/A |
Gosh RJ, you're right, I forgot the "ce soir" part... oups!... Too late! | ||
| John and Barb Tesser (Bigrigger)
Registered Member Username: Bigrigger Post Number: 259 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 24.183.22.6  Rating: N/A |
all us "english only" folks have to do is type translate and the phrase into google and we are all privy to your double entendre frenchness! and most of us kind of like it lol ;-) | ||
| clint hunter (Truthhunter)
Registered Member Username: Truthhunter Post Number: 524 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 24.129.237.52 Rating: N/A |
well I can see why he made himself boss bus nut, that is exactly the word I was looking for to describe them doors; & how to summon his great wisdom to the board, just mention that other board. Quia (HUh, WHAT) ? sorry viveye that is about it, well I may have overcome the fear of learning Quebecois tongue which was installed in me when I had the opportunity to learn , I have not re-created such a opportunity & finally the Internet makes a fluent second language seem redundant once again, as long as we this fragile communication tool remains functional, that is dosen't join the tower of babel in thte ruin pile. | ||
| Greg Smith (Pawsbus)
Registered Member Username: Pawsbus Post Number: 17 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 24.109.118.14 Rating: N/A |
Well, this has(n't) been very informative. I get asked if I'm serious because I used the wrong terminology (belly car, bay car) Pardon my French! Thanks Dreamscape, that information helped. I found out what I needed to know on the "other board". Carry on; Greg | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 1717 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.71.103.43 Rating: N/A |
Well then, I guess it's a good thing there are two boards full of busNUTS! happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Len Silva (Lsilva)
Registered Member Username: Lsilva Post Number: 291 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 24.164.20.23  Rating: N/A |
How about a glove compartment car?  |