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Kdoodah

Bullnose F350 former ambulance

Greetings from Western North Carolina! New owner of a bullnose ‘86 F350 gutted ambulance that the wife and I hope to renovate into a cool off grid camper! Should be challenging, therefore I am sure you will be seeing me post with questions in the future. Thanks y’all!20231014_112211.jpg

ArdWrknTrk

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Greetings and salutations!

Thanks for joining.

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Looks like a cool rig.

As an Ambulance you're going to have a few unusual options in your truck.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

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Welcome! Glad you joined.

That's going to make a cool camper!

And Jim is right, you should have all sorts of unusual things. Like a bigger alternator - or two. Aux battery. All kinds of relays and controls. Etc.

Would you like to be on our map? You can see it at Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu, and all we need is a city or zip.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Kdoodah

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Yeah, add me to the map please. Canton, NC

grumpin

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Welcome!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Gary Lewis

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You are now on the map.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Kdoodah

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Thanks for the welcome! Truck is a heavy beast dually with a 460 motor, space for two batteries though one installed, and 4 wheel drive. It was in Alaska so it has rust underneath though body is surprisingly pretty OK. Gas tank only holds around 16 gallons, I thought that was odd. It’s quiet riding, very well insulated box. No outside storage, narrow pass thru to the box from cab. Barn type doors in back, and not enough height for my 5’ 10” frame to stand straight up. Seems to me it’s geared pretty low but when under it I didn’t find any tags on rear diff to indicate anything.

ArdWrknTrk

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I was commenting to Gary that we seem to be getting a lot of members from North Carolina.
Dave Grant (FuzzFace2) enjoys bringing his custom Flareside around to shows and meets around where he lives.

That cutaway truck sure has seen a lot of this country!
Dually 350 and 4x4 is a rare combination. Perhaps a special build for the ambulance upfitter, or a Quigley type deal.
Do you know the wheelbase?

Have the two of you got any solid direction you're going with it?
Id think one of the first things to address is lack of range if you're going off-grid camping.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Kdoodah

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Wheelbase is 140 inches roughly.

As far as what direction we want to go we got a couple definite needs. Sleep in it, make coffee and warm up food like something a hot plate can handle, cooler type fridge on a slide-out. Maybe a small tv and music.

ArdWrknTrk

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Then I'm going to say it started life as a cab & chassis (34" frame width)
F350 dually pickups didn't come 4wd.

Sounds like a fun project the two of you can share the results of.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Shorty

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Welcome!
Awesome beast you’ve got there. Can’t wait to see it fully kitted out.
You came to the right forum.

“Find what you love and let it kill you.”
― Charles Bukowski

1980 F100 Custom, Big Six, bench and 3 on the tree. My bare bones play truck.
2012 VW TDI Sportwagen daily driver.

Dennis

FuzzFace2

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Welcome to the forum
I am 30 min east of Raleigh.

It sounds like a pretty cool project and will be following.
Dave ----

Dave G.
81 F100 flare side 300 six / AA OD / NP435 / 2.75 gear
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100?page=1
81 F100 style side 300 six/SROD parts truck -RIP
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1981-Ford-F100

Kdoodah

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The rear seal is leaking slowly. Wife wants to get mechanical stuff outta the way, so the seal and a squeaky belt at first startup are all I have found so far.

Any thoughts on rear seal repair costs? Gotta drop the tranny, which can’t be a low labor job.