rlrenz
Explorer
First, congratulations on getting a PL Custom buggy. PL builds an excellent unit. You should be able to contact them for the build data on your particular unit, and also the wiring information.
Pat's totally right -- make haste slowly, and carefully. Take lots of photos as you go, because reassembling something by memory can be challenging.
Whatever you remove may have some value, but mostly to another member. When I started working on mine, I gave the new suction pump and the IV bag warmer to a volunteer fire department - I didn't need them, and they could use them.
Lighting is a whole topic by itself. If you have a separate light bar, it can usually be kept if it only has amber lenses - there isn't much of a market for red/blue lenses, though. Many ambulances we will run into are old enough that they have halogen lighting, both as warning lights and as interior lighting. Every halogen pulls about 50 watts minimum, so each needs about 4 amps (which is why they aren't being used on new ambulances).
Used halogen ceiling lights are worth very little, but decent lenses are worth a few bucks. Everyone wants LED ceiling lights - I was able to pick up the ones I needed for $70/each, versus $300/each retail for TecNiq ambulance lights.
Used red/blue exterior lenses are useless to us, but decent clear lenses can be sold. Entire exterior halogen lights (often Whelen 900 series) lights are being phased out by ambulance dealers & manufacturers, and entire lights show up on ebay for less than $50, new in the box.
Some components have very peculiar values -- the Hoseline company manufactures an "environmental cabinet" for ambulance drug storage. It will hold the set temperature regardless if it has to heat or cool to do so. Hoseline sells them new for $1650, but I found a manufacturer's leftover, new in the box, on ebay, and I got it for $25.
If you decide to gut the interior, it will take time and a lot of work. I decided to modify my interior since I saw no good reason to remove solid cabinets. I may just decide to change the color with an added layer of laminate, but I plan to keep as much of what's there as I can.
Don't be in a big rush to yank out "unneeded" wiring, either. it may be unneeded today, but who knows about tomorrow? Disconnect and tag unneeded wiring, but leave the wire in place if possible. The line that fed my old IV bag warmer will wind up feeding my refrigerator.
Pat's totally right -- make haste slowly, and carefully. Take lots of photos as you go, because reassembling something by memory can be challenging.
Whatever you remove may have some value, but mostly to another member. When I started working on mine, I gave the new suction pump and the IV bag warmer to a volunteer fire department - I didn't need them, and they could use them.
Lighting is a whole topic by itself. If you have a separate light bar, it can usually be kept if it only has amber lenses - there isn't much of a market for red/blue lenses, though. Many ambulances we will run into are old enough that they have halogen lighting, both as warning lights and as interior lighting. Every halogen pulls about 50 watts minimum, so each needs about 4 amps (which is why they aren't being used on new ambulances).
Used halogen ceiling lights are worth very little, but decent lenses are worth a few bucks. Everyone wants LED ceiling lights - I was able to pick up the ones I needed for $70/each, versus $300/each retail for TecNiq ambulance lights.
Used red/blue exterior lenses are useless to us, but decent clear lenses can be sold. Entire exterior halogen lights (often Whelen 900 series) lights are being phased out by ambulance dealers & manufacturers, and entire lights show up on ebay for less than $50, new in the box.
Some components have very peculiar values -- the Hoseline company manufactures an "environmental cabinet" for ambulance drug storage. It will hold the set temperature regardless if it has to heat or cool to do so. Hoseline sells them new for $1650, but I found a manufacturer's leftover, new in the box, on ebay, and I got it for $25.
If you decide to gut the interior, it will take time and a lot of work. I decided to modify my interior since I saw no good reason to remove solid cabinets. I may just decide to change the color with an added layer of laminate, but I plan to keep as much of what's there as I can.
Don't be in a big rush to yank out "unneeded" wiring, either. it may be unneeded today, but who knows about tomorrow? Disconnect and tag unneeded wiring, but leave the wire in place if possible. The line that fed my old IV bag warmer will wind up feeding my refrigerator.
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