200ps ambulance

[vandaft1980]

seen my first 200ps ambulance in edinburgh today

[madmark]

about time ,that will be the best amby on the road ,what a motor

[Dan T]

Must be a 200 T430
Transit Amby's arn't so common on the west of Scotland, seen a 125 T430 mk6 intensive care unit the other week right enough. It's mainly vw's and sprinters. Tayside and Fife seem to have a few transit ambys thou.

[vandaft1980]

Seen this one near ocean terminal in leith

[sc_BK]

About the only transit mk6 ambys you get is a couple of places in England

Scottish service is now bringing in mk7s though, not sure if ALL the new ones are transits?

This is a thread for big Jim, he knows all the ins and outs

[bigmastif]

scottish abulance service signed a deal with ford and ovg for full fleet replacement right into the mk8 transit, vw pulled the plug themselfs due to not meeting weight criteria set down by the ambulance service, but vw will supply them with new crafters till 2010, the transit is working out cheaper and is the favourit with crews aswell as mechanics.
glasgow currently run a fleet of 10 mk6 and mk7`s the mk6`s being predomintly favoured for intensive care units, the last sprinter shapped ambulances should be out of service by the end of the year. according to a source i know in the ambi transport service in cowcaddens.

[Dan T]

scottish abulance service signed a deal with ford and ovg for full fleet replacement right into the mk8 transit, vw pulled the plug themselfs due to not meeting weight criteria set down by the ambulance service, but vw will supply them with new crafters till 2010, the transit is working out cheaper and is the favourit with crews aswell as mechanics.
glasgow currently run a fleet of 10 mk6 and mk7`s the mk6`s being predomintly favoured for intensive care units, the last sprinter shapped ambulances should be out of service by the end of the year. according to a source i know in the ambi transport service in cowcaddens.

[Backbone of Britain]

Here in merseyside 95% of our amby's are mk6's 125 T430s . Along with the odd Sphinkter
At least I've got a good chance of going to hospital in a decent motor (if the need ever arises).

[madmark]

it would be great to see the transit back on the amby fleet,we dont have them now they are vahuxhall moveovers and the new ones are iveco i feel sorry for the crews that have to drive these wepons with the job they have to do they should have the best...........the ford transit

[Backbone of Britain]

Couln't agree with you more, Mark. They should have all the comfort they need with all the c**p they have to put up with.

[Guy88]

We have a 313 sprinter, a 316 sprinter, 2 renault masters, and the latest is a iveco daily

[Daveyboy]

All the ambulances round my neck of the woods are sprinters, 413 and 416 of the old shape (although I've seen a 616 sprinter) and 518 in the new shape, couple of crafters too. The only transits I've seen are for patient transfer (non emergency). Up until 5 years ago it was nearly all Renault Masters.

[Daveyboy]

Just thought, all these vans are 3.5tonne+ so will they be restricted to 56mph?

[Guy88]

Just thought, all these vans are 3.5tonne+ so will they be restricted to 56mph?

exempt because there emergency vehicles

[Wispymisty]

Hi - wonder if it's ok to revise this thread to ask for honest opinions on the Transit 460 3.2 TDCi 200 T460L LWB as your comments seem favourable as they were launched - any experience as to how they worked out? We are considering a 59 plate one for a conversion - thanks in advance