Ambulance Conversion - New Modifications.
- Thread starter yzeevy
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I don't want to paint / destroy or dissolve them but I can't have emergency lenses installed.
That what I was told.
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Do you have standard clear lenses? I'll be glad to switch mine with yours
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Back in 1973, when I drove military vehicles, I was sent with a D9 to disconnect the
railroad track going from Port Said to Suez city along the Suez canal. It took me an
hour to get there, turned around, reversed to the tracks, lowered the rear "finger" and start pulling.
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Apparently someone made a very good job (I think it was from the British Empire era) because the damn thing refused to disconnect and I created a triangle with a half mile base. At this point I have decided that no train will be able to pass and I returned back to base.
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patoz
Expedition Leader
Ha, we're all looking for clear lenses in good shape!
I have two sets of lights in various condition. I'll look tomorrow to see exactly what I have, and what might work. I'll PM you and let you know.
huskyhauler
Adventurer
Wrap the lenses in vinyl. It's transparent but will change the output color of the light. You can change them all to amber and be legal. It's cheap and non-permanent. It just requires a heat gun (or hair dryer) and some patience. Or, keep the aluminum caps and paint them the color of the box and be done with it.
huskyhauler
Adventurer
What exactly are you trying to do? Are you trying to change the color of the lenses from red to a non-emergency color, but still have the lenses flash red, or are you trying to have the lenses flash a non-emergency color?
If you paint the lenses like in the youtube video you provide they will still flash whatever color the original lens was.
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I'm still learning the issue but you are right, I want to change the E colors but still have some transparency.
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If I paint yellow on blue I get greenish, on red I get orange and the amber is legal.
patoz
Expedition Leader
The link should be .org and not .com. - http://www.elightbars.org/forums/
However, don't bother with it. I check it fairly regularly, and the only thing on there right now is one guy who states he has four 900 halogen scene lights available. The post was made in July of 2015, and there is no follow up on it.
http://www.elightbars.org/forums/threads/looking-for-whelen-900-all-kinds.68150/ (Post #8)
mk216v
Der Chef der Fahrzeuge
Well since you asked.......as I mentioned previously, an ExPo member/friend and I were very interested in it when it was on Craigslist the first time.
But then we found the asking price on the FentonFire website and were a bit taken aback as to your still-unexplained $10k+ increase for your Craigslist price(which is the same $30k Craigslist price you're asking now, after your "modifications");
2002 Ford F450 4x4 Ambulance (R1591)
seats 2 • Automatic • 4x4
Sold! $20,000.00
click here to learn more about our 2002 Ford F450 4x4 Ambulance (R1591)
Used Fire Trucks: 2002 Ford F450 4x4 Ambulance (R1591)
http://www.fentonfire.com/used_ambulances/listing.php?lid=7539
http://www.fentonfire.com/used_ambulances/
.......and now what was probably considered a unicorn of Type1 4x4's found in the early 21st century has been hacked up. And you're still asking the same 50%+ increase over Fenton price as you were before the "customizing."
For those of us who value uber clean and unmolested rigs, this is so incredibly sad to see yzeevy, I do hope you realize this.
I still hope the rig goes to a good home in the end and is fixed properly.
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The bad thing is, it was probably worth at least somewhere around that $20k as a used Ambulance. In it's current state its no longer suitable as an ambulance and most likely worth considerably less. I kind of feel for the OP but I'm thinking he didn't buy this one right. He paid ambulance price, when he should have been looking to pay "retired" ambulance price.