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Outlawed - 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.
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Barbecue bus - This converted school bus has its own back porch and barbecue grill!
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Stepping it up - There's something cool but ominous about this bus in Cuba.
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Lucky move
- Feeling lucky? Then pop by this lottery shop
bus in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
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Steeler Nation
- 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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Fueled by fans - This customized school bus, pictured here in Daytona Beach, Florida, pays homage to Nascar's Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Fun and fitness
- "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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Strange moves
- This customized bus has so much going on that we don't even know where to start!
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Spoiled - While this bus's endless decal stickers aren't that impressive, its spoiler certainly is.
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Wedding wheels
- This Indian wedding bus spotted in Rotherham, England can be hired for the most special of occasions.
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Hot rod life - 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.
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Seeing double
- This creation right here, which includes a built-in elevator, has redefined what a double-decker bus can be.
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Smoking room - 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.
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Snack stop - 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.
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Coffee culture - This 1997 Hyundai Aero Space bus was converted into a café that sits in a parking lot in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Belarusian bus - Similarly, here's a bus café parked in Mogilev, Belarus.
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Blue Bird bus - 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.
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Maltese machines
- 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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Classic ride - We're keeping it old school with this former municipal bus, on display at the Istanbul Classic Automobile Festival.
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Turkish transport - This powder blue and pink Mercedes bus was also snapped at the same event.
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Presenting the chicken bus - Popular in Latin American countries like Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, and Bolivia, "chicken buses" are, most commonly, repurposed North American school buses.
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Bolivian bus - As far as chicken buses go, they don't come more detailed than this one in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Panamanian public transport - These customized buses are all parked at the main bus station in Panama City.
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Back of the bus - It's so easy to ignore the back of these buses, but this one is a true mural. And look at that chrome work!
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"Todo es vanidad" - The same could be said of this bus in Portobelo, Panama.
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Colombian chicken bus - 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.
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Chicken coop bus - So, it turns out a bus can get even more chicken coop-like. As in, it can become an actual chicken coop...
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Buses of Bangladesh - Not too different from Latin America's chicken buses, these two in Bangladesh need to be fixed up.
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Airborne in Atlanta
- Okay, so this isn't a real bus, but it certainly is customized! See also: The most bizarre cars ever built.
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Outlawed - 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.
© Shutterstock
1 / 30 Fotos
Barbecue bus - This converted school bus has its own back porch and barbecue grill!
© iStock
2 / 30 Fotos
Stepping it up - There's something cool but ominous about this bus in Cuba.
© iStock
3 / 30 Fotos
Lucky move
- Feeling lucky? Then pop by this lottery shop
bus in Tokyo's Ueno Park.
© Shutterstock
4 / 30 Fotos
Steeler Nation
- 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.
© Flickr/Creative Commons
5 / 30 Fotos
Fueled by fans - This customized school bus, pictured here in Daytona Beach, Florida, pays homage to Nascar's Dale Earnhardt Jr.
© Getty Images
6 / 30 Fotos
Fun and fitness
- "Fun buses" are actually fitness buses for kids. This one just happens to be parked outside a Brazilian waxing beauty lounge...
© Flickr/Creative Commons
7 / 30 Fotos
Strange moves
- This customized bus has so much going on that we don't even know where to start!
© Flickr/Creative Commons
8 / 30 Fotos
Spoiled - While this bus's endless decal stickers aren't that impressive, its spoiler certainly is.
© Shutterstock
9 / 30 Fotos
Wedding wheels
- This Indian wedding bus spotted in Rotherham, England can be hired for the most special of occasions.
© Flickr/Creative Commons
10 / 30 Fotos
Hot rod life - 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.
© Shutterstock
11 / 30 Fotos
Seeing double
- This creation right here, which includes a built-in elevator, has redefined what a double-decker bus can be.
© Shutterstock
12 / 30 Fotos
Smoking room - 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.
© Reuters
13 / 30 Fotos
Snack stop - 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.
© Reuters
14 / 30 Fotos
Coffee culture - This 1997 Hyundai Aero Space bus was converted into a café that sits in a parking lot in Hanoi, Vietnam.
© Reuters
15 / 30 Fotos
Belarusian bus - Similarly, here's a bus café parked in Mogilev, Belarus.
© Shutterstock
16 / 30 Fotos
Blue Bird bus - 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.
© Shutterstock
17 / 30 Fotos
Maltese machines
- 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.
© Flickr/Creative Commons
18 / 30 Fotos
Classic ride - We're keeping it old school with this former municipal bus, on display at the Istanbul Classic Automobile Festival.
© Shutterstock
19 / 30 Fotos
Turkish transport - This powder blue and pink Mercedes bus was also snapped at the same event.
© Shutterstock
20 / 30 Fotos
Presenting the chicken bus - Popular in Latin American countries like Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, and Bolivia, "chicken buses" are, most commonly, repurposed North American school buses.
© iStock
21 / 30 Fotos
Bolivian bus - As far as chicken buses go, they don't come more detailed than this one in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Panamanian public transport - These customized buses are all parked at the main bus station in Panama City.
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Back of the bus - It's so easy to ignore the back of these buses, but this one is a true mural. And look at that chrome work!
© iStock
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"Todo es vanidad" - The same could be said of this bus in Portobelo, Panama.
© Shutterstock
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Colombian chicken bus - 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.
© iStock
26 / 30 Fotos
Chicken coop bus - So, it turns out a bus can get even more chicken coop-like. As in, it can become an actual chicken coop...
© iStock
27 / 30 Fotos
Buses of Bangladesh - Not too different from Latin America's chicken buses, these two in Bangladesh need to be fixed up.
© Shutterstock
28 / 30 Fotos
Airborne in Atlanta
- Okay, so this isn't a real bus, but it certainly is customized! See also: The most bizarre cars ever built.
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The world's coolest custom and classic buses
From tricked-out school buses to double-decker diners
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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.
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