▲Popular in Latin American countries like Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, and Bolivia, "chicken buses" are, most commonly, repurposed North American school buses.

▲These customized buses are all parked at the main bus station in Panama City.

▲There's something cool but ominous about this bus in Cuba.

▲This is a more modest type of chicken bus, but we have to say, it's the most chicken coop-like one we've seen yet.

▲It's so easy to ignore the back of these buses, but this one is a true mural. And look at that chrome work!

▲This converted school bus has its own back porch and barbecue grill!

▲The same could be said of this bus in Portobelo, Panama.

▲This retrofitted Blue Bird Corporation bus is on the job, acting as the command post for the New York City Police Department's Communications Division.

▲While this bus's endless decal stickers aren't that impressive, its spoiler certainly is.

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This creation right here, which includes a built-in elevator, has redefined what a double-decker bus can be.

▲As far as chicken buses go, they don't come more detailed than this one in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

▲We're keeping it old school with this former municipal bus, on display at the Istanbul Classic Automobile Festival.

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Okay, so this isn't a real bus, but it certainly is customized!

▲Not too different from Latin America's chicken buses, these two in Bangladesh need to be fixed up.

▲This powder blue and pink Mercedes bus was also snapped at the same event.

▲If you ever wanted to know what a hot rod school bus looks like, well then, have a look at this one seen at the Street Machine & Muscle Car Nationals auto show.

▲Feeling lucky? Then pop by this lottery shop
bus in Tokyo's Ueno Park.

▲Similarly, here's a bus café parked in Mogilev, Belarus.

▲Well this is a throwback! As of 1998, Californians would no longer be allowed to smoke inside bars. How did this bar owner try to get around this fact? By purchasing and customizing a double-decker bus for smoking customers.

▲Although a double-decker bus, this café in northern England is actually considered a "snack van," which can also include trailers and, of course, vans.

▲This 1997 Hyundai Aero Space bus was converted into a café that sits in a parking lot in Hanoi, Vietnam.

▲This customized school bus, pictured here in Daytona Beach, Florida, pays homage to Nascar's Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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This customized bus has so much going on that we don't even know where to start!

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You're looking at one model of a xarabank (or karozza tal-linja), the buses used in the country of Malta, where bus drivers often own and customize their buses.

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This Indian wedding bus spotted in Rotherham, England can be hired for the most special of occasions.

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Are you an NFL fan? You don't really have to be to appreciate the dedication of this Pittsburgh Steelers' supporter. The bus also doubles as a promotional vehicle for a Pennsylvania sports bar.

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"Fun buses" are actually fitness buses for kids. This one just happens to be parked outside a Brazilian waxing beauty lounge...

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▲What's this, your typical school bus? Wrong! This a skool bus. And if you look closer, you can also tell it's a lowrider.

▲Buses are boring, right? Aren't they the crowded things that drop people off at school and work? Not exactly the site of a good time... Well if that's what you think, you just haven't been looking at the right buses! Custom and classic buses can be artwork in motion. For instance, do you know what a "chicken bus" is? If you don't, you're missing out—but not for long! Click through this new gallery to get a look at the coolest buses around.

▲So, it turns out a bus can get even more chicken coop-like. As in, it can become an actual chicken coop...

The world's coolest custom and classic buses

From tricked-out school buses to double-decker diners

23/10/20 por StarsInsider

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Buses are boring, right? Aren't they the crowded things that drop people off at school and work? Not exactly the site of a good time... Well if that's what you think, you just haven't been looking at the right buses! Custom and classic buses can be artwork in motion. For instance, do you know what a "chicken bus" is? If you don't, you're missing out—but not for long! Click through this new gallery to get a look at the coolest buses around.