for those of you who have AOL (no comments please)  the Welcome screen/"AOL
Today" news blurb features an article on the proposed '05 concept "new
Microbus".  also some banter about the old ones..   here is a exerpt from the
article on the new "Microbus" i found to be rather enlightening...

"The floor is covered with a semitransparent rubber mat that's easily removed
so it can be hosed off. Underneath that is an aluminum floor. The combination
adds a glow to the inside of the Microbus concept. Our old bus also had
removable rubber flooring and, underneath that, the floor was semitransparent
thanks to a material called rust."