Company Vehicles – Corporate Runaways

close-up of laminate wood flooring in an abulance

Ambulance Build 10

The holes… they’re getting pretty demoralizing. We’ve made so many holes. Drilled through that. Cut through the other. Jigsawed this… just… holes holes holes. Holes for propane pipes. Holes for electrical wiring. Holes for stoves. Holes for cabinets. Holes for cat flaps. All the freaking holes. It got so that we were both “I don’t […]

Ambulance Build 9

Can’t stop making holes We set to work on the cat box / heater / grey water compartment. At the heart of it is a backwards “h” shaped “box” thing [I’ll get you a picture after it’s installed]. The litter box will be on top. The Propex will be below with air tubes going out […]

Ambulance Build 8

Lots of progress since our last update. We realized that instead of a complicated bit of routing on the underside of the nice wood counter to accommodate the bump around the sink, we could instead route down into the existing evil blue counter and simply drop the sink farther into it. Unfortunately that counter is […]

Ambulance Build 7

Today we had to drive to Troy NY for Dachary’s 4th eye exam (don’t ask) which resulted in us killing time in a mall every kiss begins with kay, and I’m kay so… (I’m Kay so… ) and Dachary… FINALLY getting a final prescription. Unlike everyone else who gets old, her eyes are getting better […]

Ambulance Build 6

Today we attempted to finish the fridge install. First we plugged in an electric heater to shore power because it’s barely above freezing outside. Then I stuck my head in a box, and reached around under a board and drilled a hole into the fridge compartment for the 12v power to run through. It went […]

Ambulance Build 5

The jig didn’t work. The hinge was too bumpy and it was too much of a pain to try and put something under it, and we were frustrated enough with spending all that time on it that we didn’t want to do the modifications we know we need to do to make it usable in […]

Ambulance Build 4

We have fluorescent lights and incandescent lights. The incandescent lights are old-school automotive lights that just make you depressed about how much power they’re taking and how little light they’re producing. I’m determined to replace them with LEDs. I’m determined to replace the fluorescent with LEDs too, but so far I am incapable of finding […]

Ambulance Build 3

Yesterday was a write-off. We took Dachary to the optometrist and then decided to be “healthy” and eat at the Whole Foods buffet. I got many small things. Dachary got some sushi and chicken salad. With one exception everything was terrible. Then we went home and became sick. Eventually I went and cut this arc […]

Ambulance Build 2

Today was all about prepping for cutting the counter. In order to do that, we needed to, at least temporarily, mount the stove to make sure everything worked out where we planned it. We had to adjust some of the cuts on the supporting box, but other than that it went well. We still need […]

Ambulance Build 1

We’re uploading lots of pictures to our instagram account as we go, but there’s something to be said for using words… ;) So, this will be the first in a series of posts documenting our Ambulance build-out. After this they’ll be short daily(ish) summaries, but I need to catch you up on what’s happened so […]