1997 E350 Horton Mini Mod - The Next Chapter

truckstops

New member
Relieved eporter of his Mini Mod last weekend and got right to work picking up where he left off. I drove the ambo back to Seattle from Portland, and about half way up had enough confidence in the ambo to overtake my boyfriend who was in my Subaru and get her home with no problems!

I checked out tmo2460's tear down thread since he has the same flavor of ambulance - but decided to do a little exploratory surgery myself.

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There is definitely some wasted space around the cabinets. But at the moment I cant think of anything else I'd rather do with them. I'm not in love with the idea of having a kitchen in the ambo so the only think I can think of that would require (partial) removal of the cabinets would be if I wanted to build dinette/bed across the back.

For now they stay.

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I did want to open up the space behind the passenger seat so I can put a swivel on that thing. I like the sink but can't think of where else I'd put it without getting in the way of the passenger seat. I think I am going to build it in to whatever I decide for an outdoor kitchen module.

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Of course there's this furry jerk that is quite accustomed to looking out the window when we travel. He's also missing a hind leg so I might have to get creative with making space for him where he will be safe and supported. Higher on my priority list than I'd like to admit. The things we do for dogs.
 

eporter

Adventurer
Hey hey! Good to hear the drive went well.

Looking good so far. I think taking out the wall behind the pass. seat is probably mandatory on minimods. Glad you tackled it first.

Good call on taking your time tearing the rest out, there are a lot of gutted, but still-unfinished, ambo builds out there...

I think a low-profile sink _could_ fit over in the back control panel area, but it would need a low-profile drain, and stuff plumbed over to the oxygen compartment and all that, and then it's not by the door...

Plenty of projects for sure, have fun!
 

tmo2460

Observer
Congrats! I think you'll be very happy with your ambulance. Sad to hear my ambulance's twin sold but happy its still on the forum. I am still in the midst of my complete rework and updates have been few and far between for my thread. But progress has been made! I just need to find the time to type it up and upload some pictures. We had a very (very) long winter making it tricky to get much done. I finally just got it started again this past weekend after 5 months of sitting. I am very glad I went with the full gut of the box, but it is a lot of work. The layout I have planned wouldn't have been possible with the factory cabinets intact. Keep an eye on my thread over the next couple days and I'll get a full update posted, I've got a few new things to share.
 

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