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18/07/2016 3:12 pm
Question about IXO Buses...
I have my eye on a couple of the buses from the hachette collection. I want to convert them to campers, so how are the chassis' connected to the bodies? Hoping for screws!
18/07/2016 7:05 pm
If the 1989 GMC school bus is one of the Hachette ones, mine has one screw in the front and none in the rear. Perhaps it is held in place in the rear with a tab of some sort. That is the good news, the bad news is that the one screw is one of those pesky triangular ones AND it is recessed in a hole.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
20/07/2016 7:48 pm
Good Question. I've asked about that as well.
Their semi trucks are the same, there is no outward sign of screws. I did see ,on a French site somewhere a disassembled Greyhound bus, but no description of how they were taken apart.
22/07/2016 5:07 am
It's common practice to cover the screws with a detail part..
such as a fuel tank or engine sump. These parts can usually be carefully prised off with a flat blade as they clip into place.