Looking for help interpreting a video content

[FatPhil]

Once again, of course not.

The post I was responding to said, about that situation, "which would negate reflection off of the window". I feel we are in violent agreement - that particular claim is bunk.

 

[flarkey]

The stacked windows, with smaller ones below, is odd. Typical US passenger vans form Ford, GM, Mercedes and others:

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Possibly some sort of shuttle bus:

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But these usually aren't for long runs down the freeway.

Fire crew and/or inmate crew vans:

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Amtrak Trains has some stacked windows, but still not what I'm seeing in the video:

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EDIT: Possibly an RV. Some have similar looking windows, but still not the odd off set like in the video:

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Not sure. There's always some custom something out there where one needs to know the exact make or custom shop.

I think the window suggest a RV type vehicle. This is from the video:

Something like this... (Source: https://rv-boondocking-adventure.com/rv-window-replacement)

 

[NorCal Dave]

I think the window suggest a RV type vehicle.

I'm leaning towards that as likely. However, I still can't figure out the odd arrangement. Your example is a common RV window, with a fixed panel on top and vented ones down low, but it's still all 1 piece:

Our UFO attracting "van" seems to have an upper window and then 1 or 2 separate lower windows that, unusually, don't line up. It has an almost random layout. I can't figure out the offset. The amount of material between the glass also suggest separate windows. I've been to enough RV shows to know the emphasis on "light & bright" and the maximizing of glass in any particular assembly. Even smaller windows will have minimum framing. There does seem to be some sort of handle at the intersection of the 3 panes:

Again, it's always possible this is some sort of 1 off custom or even a DIY van conversion. Some dude got a van and some windows and just cut holes wherever he felt like it.

To me, the "van" was more like a family minivan, but that was an interpretation without me asking the make/model.

That seems unlikely given the window layout. The Dodge Caravan, and it's Chrysler/FCA/Stelantis siblings, is the most ubiquitous minivan and has scarcely changed its basic layout in nearly 30 years, 1997 vs 2024:

Same for Toyota and Honda minivans.

Definitely a mystery vehicle at this point. And IF the strange frozen frames that appear in the flip around sequence do indicate some editing between the 2 scenes, it could even allow for 2 different vehicles. If these guys are traveling this stretch of road routinely, they could have made multiple recordings and attempts.

 

[Fritzkquzerk]

I'm leaning towards that as likely. However, I still can't figure out the odd arrangement. Your example is a common RV window, with a fixed panel on top and vented ones down low, but it's still all 1 piece:

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Our UFO attracting "van" seems to have an upper window and then 1 or 2 separate lower windows that, unusually, don't line up. It has an almost random layout. I can't figure out the offset. The amount of material between the glass also suggest separate windows. I've been to enough RV shows to know the emphasis on "light & bright" and the maximizing of glass in any particular assembly. Even smaller windows will have minimum framing. There does seem to be some sort of handle at the intersection of the 3 panes:

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Again, it's always possible this is some sort of 1 off custom or even a DIY van conversion. Some dude got a van and some windows and just cut holes wherever he felt like it.



That seems unlikely given the window layout. The Dodge Caravan, and it's Chrysler/FCA/Stelantis siblings, is the most ubiquitous minivan and has scarcely changed its basic layout in nearly 30 years, 1997 vs 2024:

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Same for Toyota and Honda minivans.

Definitely a mystery vehicle at this point. And IF the strange frozen frames that appear in the flip around sequence do indicate some editing between the 2 scenes, it could even allow for 2 different vehicles. If these guys are traveling this stretch of road routinely, they could have made multiple recordings and attempts.

God I love the Gran Voyager!

 

[NorCal Dave]

Here's something closer. These windows are in a lot of Sprinter van conversions:

More material between the panels of glass and the lowers don't line up with the upper. Some have seating next to the window:

Or in passenger configuration:

IF it's some sort of Sprinter, there is definitely room to work in.