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Military Ambulance in Holland

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I don't know the M number of my truck. Perhaps anyone of you do? I have this 1982 GMC K3500 ambulance, It's part time 4x4, dually rear wheels, front and rear AC, PS, it did have a PTO whinch but the previous owner took it off. It came from the USAir Force in Europe. 350 V8 gas engine converted to propane (by me)
 

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Westech

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No that looks to have the Dodge box on it. and that cab was a truck cab to begin with.. if you look close you can see some flashing in between the cab and box. that looks nothing like the cucv. I bet is was "made" by the AF.
 
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FrankUSMC

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That truck has no "M" series number for it. It is an, what we called an "off the shelf item". That ambulance was built for a base hospital to use on the base, just like a base maintance truck for fixing base the plumping in base housing. I have seen them made on 1 ton jeep trucks, Dodge trucks, Ford trucks and Chevy trucks.
Most bases have one 4 wheel drive ambulance to respond to injuries in the field from training.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET.
 
Scrambler

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Yes, it is similar as the Dodge M886 except this GM has a longer wheelbase. Even longer as the CUCV or M1010. The M1010 is more like a pickup but mine is a "walk thru" , a sliding door between the cab and the ambulance body. A friend of mine used to have a M886 Dodge ambulance and when parked next to mine we noticed te ambulancebody of the Dodge is about a foot and a half shorter than the GMC. When I got it 5 years ago it had one civilian owner for a short time. It had only 33.000 miles on it. I plan on restoring it soon and use it as a camper. I took all the ambulance stuff out of it and I want to add a few items such as antennas and lights. I keep it OD green tho..
 
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FrankUSMC

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Yes, I saw about 3 of them that were made into 4 wheel drive ambulances for military base hospitals. One sold here at MCAS Cherry point about 2 years ago. All 3 had duals on the rear.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET.
 
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Frank Is right, This was never a " M " series truck, I do think you should still restore it as it was used by the Air Force.
 
AJMBLAZER

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Nope, Chevys of the era were K10, K20, K30 while GMC's were K15, K25, and K35. After the IFS front end in '88 it became K1500, K2500, and K3500 for both.
 
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