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This is a German import from Koblenz that has been in the USA for a while now. It has European/German specifications. The previous owner was Chip Lamb It's a 2 liter air-cooled twin Solex pdsit 32-34 motor with a 4 speed and electronic ignition (factory). The conversion to ambulance was done at the factory. It's NOT aftermarket. It's all original. It has Dual hi-lo siren horns, Blue Hella beacon and fog lights. The interior is near perfect and includes lot's of ambulance only goodies including 2 stretchers, stair chair, florescent light, gas heater, operational ceiling fan and many other little goodies. It has a mechanical step that pops out with the sliding door just like the old ones. I also have all the paperwork from Germany including manuals and some from the USA including the import paperwork.

I did a compression test on her and found that a cylinders are exactly 93lbs. of compression. I've never had a car come in on the same number for all the cylinders.

The vehicle has has one re-spray in Germany. It's nice and shiny but you can see where it's seen a little Red Cross winter action. It's runs good and I have had a lot of fun taking the family around Austin in it. There is no or minimal oil usage and it does not smoke at all. The tires are very good and it feels solid. I have personally rebuilt all the brakes with new rubber hoses, shoes, and calipers and a couple hard lines. I don't drive things with old brakes. I also installed professionally rebuilt carbs. The came back from Ace Fuel systems looking brand new. I have also replaced the factory type mechanical fuel pump and the fuel lines/filter. I have also replaced the expensive rubber hot air seal in the engine compartment. It has 7310. miles or 11763 kilometers. I put about 1000 on her just goofing around. The think runs smooth and pulls nicely. Drive it home. Drive it anywhere.

BTW, I have replaced the blue beacon on top with a NOS Hella yellow one. It's street legal now anywhere. The blue lens is included. I've also taken the heavy field type stainless operating table off and a skid plate off the bottom. They are also included.

By the way, THIS THING IS FUN!!! here is a video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNGDWlLTfRY

Some folks have also asked for some detailed photos. Here is the link: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjFwozhP

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BMW, Ferrari, VW cars use tungsten mined by terrorists

Thu, 08 Aug 2013

Bloomberg Markets is reporting that BMW, Volkswagen and Ferrari have been using tungsten ore sourced from Columbia's FARC rebel terrorists. The extensive story focuses on Columbia's illegal mining trade and calls into question the provenance of the rare ore that is used not only in crankshaft parts production, but is also found in the world's computing and telecommunications industry for use in screens.
The ore is mined by the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army), and exported to Pennsylvania, where it is refined. The refined ore is then sent over to Austria, where a company called Plansee turns it into a finished product. Now, it's important to note that we aren't talking about the world's supply of tungsten here. In 2012, Plansee's American refinery purchased 93.2 metric tons of tungsten, valued at $1.8 million. That's peanuts, with the entire Colombian tungsten mining industry producing just one percent of the world's supplies.
That doesn't make indirectly supporting FARC any more acceptable, though. BMW, VW and Ferrari are all committed to not accepting mineral supplies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is also in the grips of a guerrilla insurrection funded, in part, by illegal mining. The same commitment would figure to extend to Colombian mining, but as BMW points out, it's difficult for a multi-national manufacturer to know where every item in its supply chain comes from. A company spokesperson says as much, telling Bloomberg, "These few grams out of the billions of tons of raw materials passing through the BMW supply chain are of no practical relevance."

Volkswagen's De Silva says next Scirocco will be 'completely different'

Tue, 02 Apr 2013

From our perspective, the reborn Volkswagen Scirocco is a handsome (if squat) little thing. Yet design-wise, it's always struck us as uncomfortably close to the Golf three-door hatchback with which it shares its basic underpinnings. That aesthetic kinship may be part of the reason why Volkswagen has steadfastly refused to import the Scirocco to North America, seeing as how the Golf doesn't regularly set the company's sales charts alight, and it's less expensive.
But that visual similarity might be about to change, says Walter De Silva, who recently told Australia's Car Advice that, "It must be completely different... we don't want to repeat the bodystyle of the Scirocco, we want to change that." Further, the Volkswagen Group's design boss says that the next-generation car isn't terribly far along in development yet - "at the moment, it's only a studio [project]... it's not defined." It's probably just as well, as the new seventh-generation Golf arguably borrows some of its design from the current Scirocco anyway.
So we should expect a much bolder, more differentiated design, right? Well, yes, no and maybe. Back in September, De Silva himself was quoted as saying that the era of flamboyant styling has passed, and that future VW designs will be simpler to better reflect the times and preserve resale value. So... how different could it be?

VW internal investigation finds 'no evidence' against suspended engineers

Tue, Oct 6 2015

Volkswagen is still working out the chain of events that led to emissions-evading software being installed in 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide and deciding who was responsible for the treachery. So far, the German automotive giant's internal investigation hasn't publicly named many suspects, and three suspended executive-level engineers have been found not to be culpable in the wrongdoing, according to an anonymous insider speaking to Reuters. VW knows that the software began being installed in the EA 189 engine in 2008. The internal investigation has found that the emissions-evading tech was created because the powerplant was found to fail US standards. Plus, the diesel mill wasn't meeting cost targets, according to Reuters. The automaker responded by suspending over 10 employees, but three top engineers among them might not have been involved. Those put on leave include Heinz-Jakob Neusser from VW, Ulrich Hackenberg from Audi, and Wolfgang Hatz who led Porsche's research and group-wide engine development. The internal detective work hasn't turned up any evidence against these three men. In addition to VW's own inquires, government investigators in both the US and Germany are taking a serious look into the company's actions, too. So far, the automaker is setting aside about $7.3 billion to pay to fix the vehicles with the evasive software. Depending on what authorities find, the costs could grow quickly. Beyond the financial implications, the scandal has led to a serious shakeup in VW's corporate structure. Related Video:

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