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A second stage manufacturer, known in the: industry as "bodybuilder," builds such products as bus and truck bodies, ambulances, motor homes, and other specialized vehicles. Such a manufacturer usually takes an incomplete structure from a first-stage manufacturer, "and installs additional equipment to render it suitable for delivery to a buyer for use."

Neither their product, nor the——first stage portion, called an incomplete motor vehicle, are fully compliant with all of the "requirements for a complete motor vehicle without the other ."

Cutaway van chassis are one of the more popular incomplete motor vehicles for second stage manufacturers to use as a platform for their products. A large portion of small school buses, minibuses, and recreational vehicles are based upon cutaway van chassis.

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