Purpose built ambulance is a natural candidate for campervan conversion. It has the interior space designed to carry people on stretcher. Most have standing room for paramedics to perform their duty. Most come with dual alternators to power the emergency equipments. Military spec ambulance are even more interesting due to their need to have some sort of off-road capabilities. In one of previous
post, I have written about another Landrover conversion which is based on a Luton van body, however a factory built body is always better because it is properly designed engineered to match the chassis.
Recently a Landrover based ambulance is spotted at Mudah.my. It was previously operated by the Malaysian Red Crescent as an civilian ambulance, from the look of the photo posted on the site, it looks like the Defender 127 ambulance type. Which means it is is factory built ambulance body. While the Mudah.my photo is sketchy, I managed to find other photos of the same body type. This would be an ideal candidate for an overlander expedition camper with minimal modification! While it may not offer standing room in it's interior, it is sufficiently roomy to accommodate living space for two person.
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| This is the posted picture of the Defender 127 on sale on Mudah.my |
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| This is a sample picture of the same type. |
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| The rear gate. |
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| The interior has room for four on stretchers, but it will very cramped. There is really no proper standing room, except for people with compact frame. |
For those of us who own a Land Rover with standard wagon body type, it is still possible to build a cosy camper without any modification to the original body structure. Below is another example of how a standard Landy can transformed into a very livable campervan.
