Honey, I bought an Ambulance on Craigslist... Ford E350 1994 7.3 Diesel

insuficiente

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Hi! I'm a complete newbie, and I the only vehicle me and my wife own is an old ambulance.

I plan on recording the process here, and hopefully you will be able to advice and encourage me :)




Original Craigslist advert
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Engine: Amazing milage
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see it running here see engine running here:


how does it sound?


Bought it for $1400 after I discovered a huge patch of rust on the floor pan:



This are the things I've already fixed so far:



* dealt with rust first, removed driver seat, cut off carpet, cleaned and applied rust spray, 3 layers, I also bought aluminium sheet



* fixed the puncture on rear left tire! It had a slow leak, i patched it good!


*replaced both batteries, $270 total, ouch.


* washed inside and out, but i still need to do a more though clean inside


* removed useless furniture inside, still to remove floor etc


* fixed driver side door lock! I found it under the driver seat! All i had to do was fit it, i added some silicone to make sure it doesnt move again.




The bad parts:


* Carfax says its been in 3 accidents..
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and I can tell the wing has been repainted because it looks a lot newer:

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I think the damage is just cosmetic, but I dont know this vans that well. this is the only damage on the rear:

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* Missing driver side lock. But you can lock it from the inside, and unlock from the passenger side.

* Missing ambulance light covers all around (not a big deal, planned on removing them anyway

* Missing back ambo lights and there a giant hole, it tells me water must have gone in, but it looks fine, I will block with fibreglass or some kind of cover

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* Electronics inside are a bit of a mess

* Some damage, I plan on sanding it down, cleaning it and use Plasti Dip to give it a nicer finish.




The worse part is the rust under the driver side, everything else seemed clean otherwise, but I didnt have a good look under the whole car, I could have a better look tomorrow.

Picture of the rust:
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* It has a tow package!
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* The plastics and door cards look brand new:
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* brand new spare tire. and the rest of the tires are good, apart from 1 of them which leaks air through the valve I believe, easy fix.


I promise to update and post more pictures!
 
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