Ambulance
Lic HV352E
VIN 8004230
This M-43 3/4 ton 4x4 Ambulance Truck was dontated to the museum. It is currently "in line" awaiting restoration.
The M-43 3/4 ton rated ambulance is a variant of the M-37 cargo truck, built by Dodge as a follow-on to the World War II vintage WC-54 Dodge ambulance and WC-64 KD Dodge ambulance, both part of the G502 series of WC 3/4 ton trucks.
The M-43 is based on the M-37 cargo truck but differed from the M-37 by having the panel-type closed ambulance body consisting of the driver's compartment and the patient's compartment with a connecting partition door. The spare wheel is mounted on a carrier at the left side of the driver's compartment. A spotlight is mounted on the roof of the driver's compartment.
| Height: | 7 ' 7 -7/8" |
| Length: | 16' 6-3/4 " |
| Width: | 126 " |
| Weight: | 7,150 lb GVW |
| Weight: | 8,550 lb Net |
| Payload: | 1,400 lbs |
| Crew/Litters: | 2 + 4 litter patients |
| Crew/Passengers: | 2 + 6 seated patients |
| Speed: | 55 mph (high range) |
| Speed: | 28 mph (low range) |
| Angle of approach: | 47 degrees |
| Angle of departure: |
32 degrees |
| Range: | 255 miles |
| Status: | Awaiting Restoration |
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