>>I was heading West on I70 from Columbus towards Dayton, OH when I got a >>glimpse of a LATE model bus (?!?!?!?!?!???). It was heading east so I >>only got a quick look. The bus was a silver colored 'Loaf with a newer >>looking silver Westy roof (Like on my Vanagon). The kicker...this Loaf >>had what I believe to be a radiator in the front. A black grill about >>four foot square. This was not a retrofit add on? Was this one of the >>Mexico/Brazillian or somewhere else bus? > sounds like you are describing a mexican bus, the busses that are currrently FS in mexico sound like very much what you describe, it looks like a bay window era bus except that the roof has been somewhat squared off (looking kinda like a "bricks" pop up roof), has a black radiator mounted on the front as well it has very vanagon-esque mirrors and impact absorbing (is this the correct term) "safety" bumpers. it is my understnading that these busses couldn't mean US DOT safety standards michael
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