Sherpa delux AMBULANCE 12.000 miles 1977 how to rehome? Shit Pics added

[kinkersaab]

A good freind of mine recently passed away aged 32. In his collection is this old sherpa ambulance. It is burried at the back of his garage, so shit pics im afraid. I have said i will try and find a home for it, but i would asl like to know a bit about it. It was registered to British steel until my pal got it a few years ago. It has all the strechers wheel chairs etc, and all the ambulace stuff is with it. It is fitted with a mechanical lubrication system which sounds cool and seems a soiid genuine thing. It drove in there a few years ago. He paid £2000 for it....and that is whats wanted back fior it..li have no idea on value,or who would want such a thing.... I am also intrigued to know where its been doing nothing and why? Pics to follow

[HMC]

Autoshite first response unit? I'd love to offer it a home but storage would be an issue for me, it sounds like it's had a quiet life and it would be a shame to not be able to look after it properly.

[kinkersaab]

 

Well those are shit pics...i seem to have not taken any of the actual ambulance....

 

Why would british steel have needed an am ulance, and why would they have kept it 35 years and not used it? How does that lubrication thing work, was it a common thing to have?

[mercrocker]

Lots of industry used to have their own ambulance and often fire appliance fleets.   It was usually a case of taking casualties straight to hospital back then rather than paramedic attention on scene so it made sense to shove them in the back of a van on-site and get them on their way.    Certainly all the petro-chemical installations where I grew up had their own ambulances and fire engines.     

 

I guess the Tecalemit installation took care of the greasing to lessen the burden of fleet maintenance, not seen one on anything that late but it was a common fitment on pre-war luxury cars and commercials.

[kinkersaab]

[DodgeRover]

FredTransit might be interested as something different to the transit ambi's that she has for TV and film work

A2E commercials

[Mally]

Used to fit the automatic lubrication to HGVs for BRS and National Freight in the old days.

Instead of grease nipples pipes were connected which ran to a pump, so they all greased at once.

This resulted in grease running down the leaf springs to the U bolts which then undid themselves.

So they wrapped a rubber strap halfway down the spring.

The excess grease then dripped on the road!

[Lankytim]

32 sorry to hear that,

[clayts450]

32 sorry to hear that,

 

That was my first thought. Not right that at all. Sorry to hear this.

[Felly Magic]

32 is no age. This is an interesting bit of history and I hope it can be saved

[Eddie Honda]

Used to fit the automatic lubrication to HGVs for BRS and National Freight in the old days.

 

They are still a thing, we have interlube grease pots on our current trucks http://www.interlubesystems.co.uk/

 

[warren t claim]

I feel sorry for Nigel as he thought he had a future in British Steel.

[oldcars]

Shame, 32 is no age at all. Hope the Sherpa goes to someone who will take it to shows, would love to see it out and about.

[Eddie Honda]

Was that buckbuckbuckie who posted on here?

 

Aye, http://autoshite.com/topic/16790-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you/page-29?do=findComment&comment=1285343 had a Scimitar too.

 

Tragic.

[kinkersaab]

Aye, thats him   He had ended up with an old saab i used to own a few years ago. It is now somewhat neglected cosmetically, so i have bought it back and intend to bring it back to its former glory.

[kinkersaab]

 

I would love the Ambulance..but it wont fit in my shed, and will dissolve quickly left out I imagine. I even contemplated leaving my camper out of its purpose built shed so I can have the Sherpa inside..i quickly decided that was a daft idea.

[AMC Rebel]

This is really sad to hear. I can’t give that ambulance the home it deserves but I have fond memory of a very similar crew bus I drove back in the day.

[Bren]

Condolences kinkersaab.

 

Gagging for a Rover V8 that bastard - it would make for a quick ambulance and would reduce paramedic response times.