Woo, yeah!

[www.iltisteile.com]

the rearmost tubes of the roll bar are rectangular rather then round, to grant the neccessary 4cm more clearance for the two stretchers side by side

[Baxter]

I wonder if this Iltis is a miss match of parts then?
Why would it need the roll over bar from a medic car if it still has it's jerry can and spare wheel on the rear?
It left as a standard Iltis, but it hass the roll over bar and red cross signs, but a standard hood?
It also has rear seats.
The VIN matches the one on the plate under the body so the body and chassis are correct.
hmm.

[www.iltisteile.com]

you have holes in the rear right fender?
this was a former ambulance!
there was the spare wheel fixed.

most of the medics were retransformed by bundeswehr, as there was no real need for them in the 90s.

but the rollbars always stayed
for the hood, there was a doorsack with cross printed on it

[Lillifee]

Hello Simon,

you wrote that you've found red crosses under the paint:

The bonnet has a big red cross under the paint, and the rear panel, and rear 1/4 panels also have red crosses painted over.

You've got an ambulance roll over bar, two holes at the side, ... -> Your Iltis was certainly first produced as a a medic vehicle (You've also got no trailer hitch - do you?).
And later it was used in other content -> Therfore they put rear seats in, ...

I think this is (one part of) "the story" of your car.

FYI: On this picture you can see an "usual" roll over bar of an Iltis (= "round" back brackets): Example

[Lillifee]

[quote Baxter]I live in Yorkshire, our accent is quite "broad", I should imagine it's pretty much the same wherever you go? I'm sure you can tell where someone is from from the way they speak?[/quote]
Yes - it makes (among other things) our life colourful.

[Lillifee]

Hi Simon,

Perhaps this canadian site is interresting to you (?): http://www.oocities.com/iltisvw@rogers.com/Iltistrickspage.html
(Don't be amazed - The loading of the page takes very very long because it's an old one / it's archived; therefore also the pictures are missing ...)  

In the meantime you can cast an eye on the "Original" if you want : http://gunther.biernat.info/wiki/index.php/Alternative_Ersatzteile

[Snoop]

[quote Lillifee] (You've also got no trailer hitch - do you?).
[/quote]

No Volkswagen Iltis had a hitch as standard, I guess.

[Lillifee]

Hi Oliver,

Hmmm - you may be right ...
As an evidence: You will find all (?) military accessories like blackout lights, gun brackets etc. in the ETKA - but no hitch. (In contrast: In the "belgian ETKA-Version" the hitch is pictured)

->

P.S.: Hell! Damned! My english is so lousy ...

[Baxter]

Thanks for all your interest, experience and insight!

I don't come from a culture where things were swapped about so much, I just imagine piles of standard roll bars just sat there, or old ambulance hoods, seems a little wasteful.
I always finish my plate
Interesting link, I will take a look shortly.

[Baxter]

MOT'd, Taxed, registered, on the road and in use!
Quite cold though, need to sort the roof and doors!

[Baxter]

[Baxter]

I presume it looked like this at some point then?
http://www.primeportal.net/trucks/ulrich_wrede/vw_iltis/

[Lillifee]

Moin Simon,

yes, but it had a special hood. F.e. look here:

http://www.panzerbaer.de/helper/pix/bw_lkw_00-5t_tmilgl_vw_krkw_1985-001.jpg
http://www.sebastianh[b]ä[/b]rle.de/images/bw/iltis.jpg

(You have to copy the second link manually to your browser because the software of this forum doesn't support the newer www-adress-elements like "ä", "ö", "ü", ...)

Cheers
Volker

[chrislb]

Semi-off-topic:
I wouldn't like to be transported in this ambulance, with my body's centre of gravity behind the rear axle, and with the supershort wheelbase.
That's why it was always called an emergency ambulance.

[Baxter]

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