Trail Van (picture heavy)

Now nearly upto date I added an awning rail and bought a second had blow up.

(no not a doll)

Awesome!

Thats awesome, I’d love a bigger van and often thought one of these or a big crew van would be a great start.

That’s quite fabulous.

That is awesome work fella good job! 🙂

Put a California badge on it and you’ll be winning in every MTB car park!

Superb!

Hands up,

Who else went straight to eBay to look for ambulances?

I’ve seen a handful of converted ambos over the years…
That one deserves some kind of dilligaf award!

*doffscap

That’s excellent work.

“you’re going home in an ambulance!”

literally!

nice work and bold graphics! i like it!

🙂 excellent conversion.

Some of the chatter within the thread, some possible answers.

It’s an ex emergency unit, so it’s been maintained to a high standard, it’s cheaper to drop in a new engine/gearbox than replace the vehicle, but high mileage is not uncommon, it might even be second time round the clock for a 10 year old unit on original engine, or second engine.

Anything with FERNO on it is spendy. The basic manual pump up stretcher is around £10K so direct bolt on floor mounts have second hand value.

Emergency units have in house cleaners so UV light sweep should come up negative. Light soiling is easily delt with, heavy soiling is sorted with deep steam cleaning, the saloon is designed to be easy to clean quickly. They are almost a rolling theater so high standard of daily cleaning during active shift and in downtime before next shift.
Non emergency PTS ambulances have a lesser cleaning regime and are deep steam cleaned every few weeks (depending on Trust or Contract)and daily cleaned by crews using them, or pulled from service and deep cleaned if heavy soiled.

Blue lights and sirens.
Lets just say……. if you happen to reactivate them, if they are in a state to be activated.
You really don’t want to get caught having a cheeky blues and 2’s moment to get through traffic.

The Pug Boxxer/FIAT/Merc sprinter type van units (more a converted white van) come in around the 3 ton mark equipped so if you have a restricted driving licence they are a better bet.
PTS units tend to be restricted to 68mph, no blues&2’s
PTS High Dependency units are not restricted and have bigger turbos 🙂

That my friend is effing fantastic! Props to you! When I was a tech for VW we used to PDI the new ambulances. There ‘may’ have been a few blues & twos moments down the M32 into Bristol. Went well as I remember 🙂

I was pretty excited to have finally built my shed, until I saw the party bus!

Nice work my man, nice work.

very cool! but first thought… is it haunted? second thought… does it scrape at the back if you go up a steep hill?

Awesome

This is just full of win.
Good work…

No scraping at the rear as it has air suspension. It drives better with a bit of weight over the rear axle.
Although its big lump so not ideal off road.

it looks cool but i cant help but think with the logos you have made you van a target for folk who think its a motorbike race van…. ie likely to hae some tools and maybe a motorbike in the back…..

Yes true. Sometimes it has three race bikes in it. But I have secure parking. Not totally scrot resistant but well out the way.

They are almost a rolling theater so high standard of daily cleaning during active shift and in downtime before next shift.

😯

I’m not sure where you read that but from previous experience working in ambulances I’d say that that’s some considerable way from the truth 😆

On a brighter note, that’s a wicked conversion you’ve done there. Looks much better than some of the other converted ambulances I’ve seen.

Yeah, as a paramedic of 17yrs I chuckled too at the ‘well maintained’ bit….also snorted at the “rolling theatre” part and how they’re scrubbed down every shift.

In my experience for two large NHS services, the vehicles get put away in crap state if you finish late (every shift!) and left for the oncoming crew to sort out….if they don’t get a call straight away, which they will.

Our fitters are bodge merchants extraordinaires, this is the NHS remember, anything to save a penny.
The ‘better’ of the two vehicles on my current station is on 250k miles, I couldn’t tell you if that’s the original engine though.

Then you’ve got some of the more unsanitary things that go on in them between crew mates who have affairs together….bleugh, burn it burn it with fire!.

Don’t forget the sticker on the back:

“No patients left in this ambulance overnight”

Then you’ve got some of the more unsanitary things that go on in them between crew mates who have affairs together….bleugh, burn it burn it with fire!.

go on..

There’s a bed in the back and the windows are blacked out, use your imagination!

Then you’ve got some of the more unsanitary things that go on in them between crew mates who have affairs together.

Is an ambulance, I’m sure it has seen a broad spectrum of body fluids on a regular basis

I wonder how many people have died in the back of your party bus…

There’s a bed in the back and the windows are blacked out, use your imagination!

dunno, napping?

I wonder how many people have died in the back of your party bus…

Slightly macabre but people tend to ask. If you are dead you don’t go in one and they are very good at keeping people alive until you reach hospital.

councilof10 – Member
I wonder how many people have died in the back of your party bus

People die everywhere. Probably in many places that are a lot less easily cleaned than an ambulance. They don’t bin the seats on trains or buses or airplanes when someone carks it in one.

“No patients left in this ambulance overnight”

Like!

That is an incredible idea- far more patience and time on your hands than me! Seriously though top job- unique and practical!

Should have opted for “AMBIENCE” stenciled across the front

Saw you today buddy at the entrance of llandegla,nice trail van/party bus indeed!!great for a day like today,bbrrr…cold out there: )

You should of said hello. Rode on my own today as mates have weather phobia!

My Mrs came with me and walked the dog whilst I got a ride in. When i came back she was in the van watching Sunday brunch with the diesel heater on.

It does have its uses!

Hello gixer,
You looked like you just got back,I was paying for parking,wouldn’t of wanted too come across all bunny..anyhoos,I thk your mrs had the right idea,
all I wanted was too put my feet up half way around in front of a fire,really couldn’t get it it today.

Not sure how I missed this whenbut first started but that is an awesome conversion!

Mint

I keep paying the girl and still not seen the punch and judy show. I think its a con!

Saw your van parked by us at llandegla today mate,loved it when I saw it on here,looked even better in real life!I even took a couple of photos of it