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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:23 pm    Post subject: 1961 ambulance project Reply with quote

It's finaly here after a couple of months of waiting my 61 ambulance has fianly arived from Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada. As I understand it this was one of two in the Saskatchewan area. I didn't find out where it's life started but later on it was used as a meat delivery van. It was sitting in a scrap yard for some time before it was picked up by the owner I got it from. It shows 94 thousand miles on the od.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nice ambulance, good luck on the project..
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

too bad the inside looks stripped. good luck finding all that you need to complete it! Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The second owner took the term "meat wagon" literally. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cool bus
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very cool bus.......
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The things that are missing don't bother me. I don't intend on making it a useable ambulance again. The look of it is cool in itself in the sea of 21's and 23's this thing will stick out. When was the last time you saw an ambulance in a show. I think I remember one at the classic in the late 90's fairly rare item in any condition.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you going to camp in it at the sac bug o rama in a couple weeks? Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

THe hooks are great. So, an ambulance repurposed as a butcher shop delivery vehicle? that is awesome.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Mitch could this be the other one? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=988214
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good luck on the project! Keep us posted. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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you going to camp in it at the sac bug o rama in a couple weeks? Laughing


Looks like an ambulance might be really well suited to camping. Cool project - I always like the unusual models. Good luck with it, and post more pics!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool project. What's going on here?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have followed that 59 ambulance since it was in WA without the strechers and half the price. You can't deny that is one awesome bus. I wanted that one first but the price was out of my league. I wanted a cool rare bus to cruise around in. A split bus gets a ton of looks a split ambulance all painted white and the red crosses is out of this world. I want to find the missing jail bars and misc handles that are missing but I don't have a use for the strechers. I wouldn't turn a pair away but the chance of finding them would be less than a needle in a hay stack. The spring bugorama is my goal. I have a motor and this weekend I'm shooting to replace the 4 doors and possibly fix the dog leg so the front door will close again.
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