Ambulance Barndoor?

cris torlasco · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: Ambulance Barndoor?

This vehicle was recently found in Argentina. It is supposed to be a 1951/52 barndoor ambulance (is there such a thing?). Owner mentions a 2-27 code, which according to him means ambulance (outfitted by Miessen). He also mentions the gas tank being to the left of the rear hatch, INSIDE the cargo area (!). That is all you need, to be picked by an ambulance because you are sick and be smelling gas fumes all the way to the hospital! Very Happy

Obviosuly, there are other non original aspects (such as the venting of the engine bay), but any information on the little information provided would be appreciated.

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enkiel · Samba Member Joined: October 21, 2004 Posts: 1998

little small the door for a BD, no?

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NorCalRiviera · Riviera Specialist Joined: April 13, 2000 Posts: 6184

Wow, for once I agree with SHSC. Barndoor Ambos needed a rear hatch for getting the patient in and out. So a small engine lid was needed. Also, what's up with those louvers? Very 80s.

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Clara · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:08 am Post subject:

the piano hinge large rear hatch and small engine lid are what I have seen on BD ambos. does it also have the small top roof air scoop (NOT Behr) up front? I have seen them have fuel fillers on the right like non bds... do you have a VIN?

type 27 is ambulance

where's the brake light and taill lights?

crofty · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:13 am Post subject:

Nice waste of a '58 decklid.
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volksfahrer.nl · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:50 am Post subject:

Original BD ambulance....

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crofty · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:58 am Post subject:

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cris torlasco · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject:

That's great information, thanks guys. Please keep it coming if you know more. I'll post more photos and a vin if I ever get them. Adios,

splitpile · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject:

Any pics of Ellis's aka rustyvanbondo's barncampoulater around
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ronnie · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject:

i thought the miesen built amublances kept the barn door engine lid?
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dieselnut · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject:

Splitpile,

Remember when this thing was for sale here on the Samba? Seems like it took forever
to sell for $8500.... I passed b/c it wasn't a westy....lol

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Here are links to other pics of the bus:

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http://www.vintagebus.com/gallery/image/978.JPG
http://www.vintagebus.com/gallery/image/735.JPG
http://www.vintagebus.com/gallery/image/9516.JPG

I can remember sitting in a few barndoors in Zearing, Iowa back in the day. The only
reason I know they were barndoors is b/c I rememberthe Behr scoops... Back then, if it
wasn't a '71 Westy - discs in front and type I in the back, I wasn't interested....lol
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Bill-E-BoB · Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

Its now time for me to ask one of those dumb questions that gets you lynched...but what the heck, right? Smile

Barndoors are so named because of the big ol' barndoor lookin' engine lid on 'em, right? So, if the SC's & ambulances have a little engine lid why are they still considered barndoors? I understand the bus in question is from a BD year, but that seems a little bit like saying my bus is a 21 window just because its a deluxe and 21 windows are deluxes too. Bottom line, yes its a '66 deluxe and yes there are '66 deluxes with 21 windows, but mine only has 13 windows so nobody is gunna call it a 21 window. If a 52 ambulance doesn't have a barndoor engine lid even though it was produced in a 'barndoor' year, why's it still called a barndoor? Maybe a better example of my confusion would be the brazilian splits made in '72...even though 72 is a year that bay windows were produced, a brazilian one doesn't have a bay window, so its not called a bay...right?

I'm not tryin' to ruffle feathers here, & I hope the barndoor mafia doesn't put a hit out on me or anything, I'm just out on a quest for knowledge. Like many of you, (don't deny it) before I started learnin' about busses & long before I owned one, I thought "barndoor" referred to the hinged cargo doors on a split as opposed to the sliders on a bay. The logic behind a barndoor bus without a barndoor is my next step in the great quest. Smile

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