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When I was looking for medium ambulances, I thought about a "crew cab" unit that was at GEV - until I measured it. The Medic Master I wound up with is 25 ft long, and my garage interior is 28 ft deep. Two questions: Who made the ambulance module? I can't tell from the photos, but it looks a...

Adding a crew cab will make for an interesting thread - have fun (and take lots of photos--)

My Medic Master/Freightliner has a rear bumper that extends 16" (when you include the rubber dock bumpers), and that's too far for me. My garage is 28 ft deep, and right now, the overall ambulance length is 25 ft. I'm going to chop the rear bumper back to being a 4x6" chunk of box tubing, and...

Looks good. Since I'm not planning on staying "off the grid" in mine, I replaced all the red & blue lenses with new amber lenses -- at $47 per each. Here in MN, amber lenses mean that you're a construction or service vehicle, so they're OK. I'm a member of the USCG Auxiliary, so there is a...

And in my case, I stuck with the original tire size. I may do something about them down the road, but right now, I need my spare funds to install the equipment needed to have a legal RV. That's the way hobby projects go -- when money and funds permit, things happen.

The Winebago snow cat would have been believable here in MN's north country years ago -- I had a cousin once who took a small German car (a Lloyd), and turned it into a wheeled snowmobile. When he bought it, he drove it up a couple of 2x6 planks into the back of his pickup, slammed the tailgate...

I wonder if the second photo (the Winebago) isn't a Photoshopped combination of a Winebago and an armored vehicle? Regardless, it still would be an interesting vehicle.

Today's sneaky trick: Anyone renovating an ambulance will have some unused functions on a control panel: The lighting and AC switches are all fine, but I have some that I know I'll change, such as "electric oxygen", "Vacuum", and O2 light". A standard trick for ambulance electricians is to...

Basements are a luxury we here in the north land take for granted. When a foundation has to extend 40-48" below the surface of the ground to avoid frost heaving, it's not a lot more digging to go down to 8 ft and have a basement -- it also helps if ground level is more than 8 ft above sea level.

Pat Ozment sent me a collection of unique projects, and I thought you gents might appreciate at least two of them:

That's all stuff that's common to most every ambulance out there. Take a look at Select Tech's web site to compare prices to see how well you came out.

Back in the "old" days - way back when Popular Science actually published articles on how to build something, you could find articles on how to build a small trail motorcycle with a 3-5 HP engine and some sprockets. For campground travel, why not think about something like those old designs? A...

I took a look at the FL manuals, and they do have data on the tachometer. A LOT less complicated than the speedometer, though. There are only four different switch settings, depending on which engine you have. Here's the tachometer section of the manual:

I'll take a look -- tomorrow with luck.

Would you like me to dig into my service manuals to see if they say anything about adjusting the tach?

That's a common location for a door lock / unlock pushbutton.

Agreed - ambulance bodies are built like the proverbial brick phone booth. The basic structure is 2x2 aluminum tubing on 12" (+/-) centers, with all the joints welded. The skins are usually 1/8" aluminum, with 0.090/0.100" aluminum on the roof. The design goal is for the doors to open normally...

I agree, Pat. That's why my primary summer project has been to tunnel into my garage so my ambu-buggy can slither in for the winter -- and I'm GONNA make it! I just have to spend a few more days sorting and storing stuff, then it will crawl in for the winter.

No - they are all built to order unless you are looking for a used one. Regardless, they have some ideas that are food for thought. Seeing these things caused me to download the new CPI catalog - LOTS and LOTS of nice stuff. Too bad that Amazon doesn't carry their products. There are a few...

And now for something completely different--- I was driving back from a pilgrimage to NAPA today, and I saw a fiber-optic splicing trailer. The trailer was complete with recessed flood lights, a generator on the A frame, and lots off hatches. A google search showed that they are a fairly...