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School Bus windows
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:30 pmby MRW
Has anyone ever tried the drop down school bus windows in a tear's door?
We had one of our old buses have an accident with a concrete culvert side and it is totaled out so we can salvage some windows they are about 26" square with the upper half droping down they could have a external screen put over them when the window is open to keep out bugs just wondering if they would be to heavy on a door. Any ideas on this one!
Posted:
Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:08 pmby Miriam C.
Don't know about the bus window dropping down but my door window is quite heavy and it works fine. Just get hinges to suit the weight.
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Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:49 amby doug hodder
You could put them into the tear without much trouble....just remember "Keep your arms and hands INSIDE the windows!!!"
Doug
Posted:
Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:17 pmby Jiminsav
send me 2 and i'll try it out for you..
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Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:19 pmby Miriam C.
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Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:21 pmby Jiminsav
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Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:38 pmby Miriam C.
Hey! I'm just tryin to be as charitable as you.
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Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:16 pmby Laredo
if your door structure is at least 1/2'' thick it ought to be a snap to use bus windows.
Thanks for the great idea, btw.
Bus Windows
Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:07 amby MRW
Well as soon as I get a chance I am going out to our bus barn and get a couple and see about what it will take to fit them in a door I'll try to get some pics on this. We are building my trailer in class as a shop project for a a few of my kids that need something to do, so far so good I think we have the sidewalls up headliner in and started on the roof, last spring we welded up the frame and have the axle springs mounted. About the next BIG step will be to take the chevy pu spindles we cleaned up and face on the lathe and weld them on some 2" square tube for a axle. About 90% of this trailer is being built from scrap and leftovers. The entire frame tubeng came from a old weight machine and some of the ply wood is from old cabinets that came out of classrooms that were going to be thrown away, I hope when it is all finished and nail hole and dings are filled in it will look ok so far my out of pocket expenses have only been about $150.00 but we are a long way from done!
Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:06 amby planovet
Well MRW, I thought I would get to you before Miriam does:
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Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:15 amby Miriam C.
Yeah, I could probably test a couple too. Just out of the goodness of my heart. 
Teaching kids to build a TD is great. Teaching them to do it without a lot of money is fantastic!