It wouldn't be an easy fit under a SW body. The tabs on the front-of-tub outriggers could easily be moved to meet the SW body work, but the big problem would be the fuel tanks. There are no mountings for a rear tank on a WD chassis, and the front tankswon't fit the SW body work because the second row footwell occupies the space needed for the upper rear corner of the tanks (the hard top/rag top tub floor is higher). You'd have to fabricate rear tank mountings or use 109 ambulance front tanks. (shorter than standard front tanks for the very same reason). It's all do-able. I had my new chassis built by Marsland with WD suspension mounts, gearbox cross member and front fuel tank outriggers, but with a standard rear cross member and fuel tank mountings to get the best of both worlds.
My wife bought me a lot of the parts for my 109 rebuild, including the new chassis. She has just green-lit the restoration of my soft-dash Range Rover Classic (we had a look at some 2007 model 90 SWs as an alternative, but she prefers the RR), and she wants me to rebuild (to original factory spec and paint) an air portable for her as a weekend jolly driver (pub lunches and country lanes). She's also up for us buying another house in the future with a stable block, barn or whatever that would be a decent workshop, so that I could restore some classic English sports cars. I don't know whether that means that she really loves me, or whether she doesn't want me going out at the weekends and evenings!Ultimately my biggest problem is that my wife forbade me from doing a chassis up build. I left the rear tub on just for effect. I'll just have to wait for this terrible desert climate to rust out the civvy one sometime in the next 40-60 years and ten justify it to her.
That man is either single or has an understanding wife! I think I could satisfy my green virus with a Stolly to keep my 101 company.
There are no mountings for a rear tank on a WD chassis, and the front tankswon't fit the SW body work because the second row footwell occupies the space needed for the upper rear corner of the tanks (the hard top/rag top tub floor is higher). You'd have to fabricate rear tank mountings or use 109 ambulance front tanks. (shorter than standard front tanks for the very same reason)..
I can't speak for all ambulances, but certainly some of them have that issue. there may be different bodies with different rear floor levels.wait is that absolutely the case in the ambulances? I am 99% sure the tanks on my ambulance are regular tanks off of a GS and they don't foul on anything withthe ambulance body.
Hmm I am going to have to go crawl under it and take a look now. Not that it matters much as it will be rebuilt on a 109 SW chassis.I can't speak for all ambulances, but certainly some of them have that issue. there may be different bodies with different rear floor levels.