What do you consider to be your place of work?

I’m unable to consider work a part of my lifestyle therefor the ways I earn money must be through things that I enjoy. Because of this and my addiction to travel, my place of work is wherever my hands are at the moment.

Tell me about your vehicle. Did you name it? What do you call it?

My vehicle is a 1994 Ford E350 dually type ll Osage ambulance. I’ve converted her with the highest quality materials I could find and did all the work myself to satisfy my high standards and low budget. As for a name, she’s commonly referred to as Ambi for now, I think that might stick. Ambi also has two tenders, my Suzuki DR650 (Suki) that hangs off her rear and an 8ft inflatable Avon (tender to Ambi?) that stows on her roof.

When and how did you get it?

I bought her on Ebay after crashing Suki up in northern California. It was a wet and very slippery road covered in pine needles, I went down pretty hard and the first thought that went through my mind was “oh shit, I need an ambulance”… so I got one that night, HaHa. She was at a good price, so I just threw a bid at her without really intending to win, a few days later I was in St. Louis, Missouri picking her up and driving 2000 miles back to California for her first road test.

What other vehicles did you consider and what made you ultimately pull the trigger on the one you bought?

I was looking at all types of van and convertible options, but honestly the Sprinters were my main focus. I even tried to buy one on craigslist but after driving 12 hours to meet the guy and make our transaction he backed out. Needless to say that’ll be my last big purchase attempt on craigslist, but it was a blessing in disguise, because I’ve spent the same amount of money on my entire ambulance project as I would have just to buy the basic shell of a sprinter.