The Van
My van belonged to the Scottish Ambulance Service. The home station was in Hawick. Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is 10 miles south-west of Jedburgh and 8.9 miles south-south-east of Selkirk. As you can see, Scottish ambulances are white whereas English ambulances are yellow.
The call sign was HAW3455
Due to the heritage, my van is now named Scotty
Scotty is a Mercedes Sprinter 519 CDI 3.0L diesel manual. and first registered on 18/10/2016.
My van on the outside has not changed much since I bought it. The “Ambulance battenburg” had already been removed as well as the emergency lights.
I have installed 3 x 405W solar panels on the roof and removed the middle communications antenna to fir a Maxair fan. The two outer antennas are used for the 5G/4G internet system.
All the rest of the work has been done on the inside and I will update the website later with photos and videos of the build so far as it is not finished but a living work in progress.