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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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