Barehanded's '03 Ford E350 Wheeled Coach (Type III) Conversion

[barehanded]

My girlfriend and I recently purchased our third 7.3L diesel in the form of an ambulance with the intention of building it out as a commercial grade RV.

We're young (25) but I'm well tooled and have some modest skills so I'm looking forward to cataloging the build here and discussing the process with all you guys!

As I write this we both work full time plus some at the nearby medical center and our time for this project is limited to the evening hours and weekends but were making steady progress.

Fortunately I have a master carpenter father to give me a hand here and there and whom I can keep up at night on the phone with my brainstorming.

Look forward to any input!

How we bought it!

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Gut it!

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[snarlywino]

Wow! You guys went balls-2-wall stripping that thing. I will look forward to seeing how it builds out.

[OutlawImages]

Wow! You guys went balls-2-wall stripping that thing. I will look forward to seeing how it builds out.

Agree wow not messing around!

Love the clean all white look without crazy stripes etc

[barehanded]

Wow! You guys went balls-2-wall stripping that thing. I will look forward to seeing how it builds out.

Agree wow not messing around!

Love the clean all white look without crazy stripes etc

Yes sirs! I didn't care for any of the original build out on the interior. Much to institutional for our tastes. We're going to be doing a mostly cedar build out with very primitive (but durable) design features. After reading another thread discussing the frustrations of partial conversions we opted for a clean slate prior to the new build out.

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[97 Crestline]

I'll be following along also, interested in seeing where you're going and how you get there.

[barehanded]

Spent the weekend in a rats nest!

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[barehanded]

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We managed to get it cleaned back up though!

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[ARV Team]

HOLY CRAP!!!!

Your not scared to jump in are you LOL

Good for you, keep it up!

[barehanded]

HOLY CRAP!!!!

Your not scared to jump in are you LOL

Good for you, keep it up!

Believe it or not we hooked the batteries back up and started it up, everything we intended to still works! Stripped everything down to essentially just van functions; tail/turn/brake/running/reverse.

Almost down to a clean slate to start building off of.

[barehanded]

Got things blacked out and lookin' pretty clean on the outside!

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