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That's a pretty ambo, looks like it's made by Leader... Honestly, if I were you I would consider replacing your van's body with the ambulance's – from the photos it looks like it's in amazing shape. Leader does an absolutely spectacular job with the wiring and interior build, which was a...

@nely, that's an awesome calculator – I'm curious about this too, but mostly to avoid overloading my drivetrain. I'm looking at running 285/75R/17 now (I was previously looking at 35"), and according to the calculator they would have almost identical ratios with a 4.10 as my current 3.73...

Operation #6: The Grille So the van's been up at Diesel Tech for a little while now, and I've started to remember what weekends feel like! We've been climbing, sailing, going to weddings, getting extra work done... but every once in a while I get this fever. And the only prescription is more...

Wish I had thought about that... I put a Kenwood BT315U in mine (I really wanted single-DIN so I could fit a little phone shelf), and while I really like it for music, Siri has yet to understand me over the diesel... humans on the other side don't seem to have much of a problem, but active noise...

Here are the total materials used for sound proofing: 1x Dynamat 10455 18" x 32" x 0.067" Thick Self-Adhesive Sound Deadener with Xtreme Bulk Pack, (Set of 9) 2x Dynamat 10435 12" x 36" x 0.067" Thick Self-Adhesive Sound Deadener with Xtreme Door Kit 2x Dynamat 21100 DynaPad 32" x 54" x 0.452"...

Wow, ya... might need a new name ;-)

Thanks for all the kind words everybody! Eeh, ya that's not going to cut it for long trips... it sounds like we may have to go with our backup option: replace the entire patient-head seat/drawer with a fridge on some sort of sliding platform. Ideally we could just replace the drawer, and keep...

Quick walk-through of the bed platform:

Gotcha, thanks for the info – I kind of felt like that would end up being the conclusion. We'll keep the shifter where it belongs and just see what we can fit around it!

Dropped it off at Diesel Tech this past Monday, and they're starting on our 6" ujoint kit. It's going to be crazy not having it around on the weekends! I'll be able to get so much else done :) We're hoping to fit a pretty decent size fridge between the front seats if possible - has anybody had...

Whoops, guess I'm a little late on posting up, but here are some pix. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll snap some tonight - they fit perfectly into the factory holes – they're nothing fancy but they make a huge difference to air flow!

I also have a box full of seat belts from my ambo... they're kind of cool so I don't want to toss them, so I'm interested here too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Operation #5: New Windows OK, more updates. (I have tons of little updates saved up, but can only convince myself to stop working and post when my brain finally quits, so sorry in advance for the inevitably cryptic phrasing.) The ambulance relied on a rear (still working, yay!) HVAC unit, but...

Thanks for the questions! Hopefully you guys can poke holes in our bad ideas before we commit and have to learn the hard way :) As for the rear drawer, we expect it to hold equipment that is only useful outside the van in non-emergency situations: particularly climbing ropes, harnesses...

Operation #4: Bed Frame (part 3) The sections of the bed frame on the passenger side are going to be used for additional storage, and will be accessed from the top. We added an inner sleeve to the openings to support their top sections, and made sure they all fit correctly with carpet spacers...

Operation #4: Bed Frame (part 2) Building the frame took a bit more effort than we initially expected – there is NOTHING in this van that is either parallel or perpendicular. Like, nothing. Every possible dimension curves according to its own polynomial function. On a couple occasions, we took...

Thanks, I hope so :) It's been a really educational project so far, and I've got to say that my brother and I discovered we both have a little bit of OCD... which I rather enjoy, actually.

Operation #4: Bed Frame Emily and I spent many nights researching and arguing about different bed frame designs. Since we plan on living in the van near-full-time for a year or so as we map climbing routes across North America (the van is actually a sub-project for the app & content we're...

Operation #3: Module Floor Before we could get started on the rest of our interior, we needed to fill in the space left by the bench with a subfloor to match the other half. This took several hours cutting out a cardboard template, refining the final piece, then installing it. The floor itself...