New to me: 95 E-350 MedTec Ambo

[EXPO365]

So I'm new to everything here. Haha! My first diesel, new member (first post) first ford, first ambo.

So I picked this bad boy up yesterday, she runs and drives ok, starts effortlessly, need some TLC. 133k on it. It may need a trans but I'm hoping a new VSS will take care of a inop speedo and erratic/hard shifting. All of the electronics work.

De badged it so far, I was gonna get new lenses for it but I think I'm just gonna go the cheep route and just use some of that spay on tail light black out for all the red lenses. Most of the trim will be black also.

This will be the wife's and I project for this summer, we'll be doing a RV/camper convention on it for a upcoming year long road trip.

I've been a lurker here for the past week or so and I'm overwhelmed buy all of the sweet rigs everyone has!

So I hope you'll follow along as this WIP continues, and by all mean feel free to comment with any good tips.

Thanks
Chris

 

[Sock Puppet]

Nice! I've always thought Ambos had huge potential so I'm interested to see yourprogress!

 

[AMBOT]

You will have fun, I like the color.

 

[fault_tolerance]

I also like the color! So what are your hopes and dreams for this rig? I've thought about doing a build with an Ambo, buuuuuuut I wouldn't even know where to start or what to do lol.

 

[EXPO365]

I also like the color! So what are your hopes and dreams for this rig? I've thought about doing a build with an Ambo, buuuuuuut I wouldn't even know where to start or what to do lol.

The wife and I are converting it into a cross country RV/camper van. We're planing to start the new year off by packing up and searching the U.S. For a new place to settle down. We're trying to keep a tight budget on this so no gutting everything, just a few spots to get some square footage. Gonna add ac unit, bathroom, inside shower (hopefully), hot water, 25-50 gal water tank, more batteries, solar or a generator. A lot of work to do but it's gonna be a great experience.