ambulance history





The following page provides a range of photos of Ambulances in Victoria's Ambulance Service between 1951 & 1960



	1951 Colac Hospital's new 1951 Ford Custom Twin Spinner Ambulance. Click Here to go to additional photos of Victoria's Ford Custom Twin Spinner Ambulances




	1951 A Wangaratta 1951 Ford Custom Twin Spinner boot loading stretcher Ambulance. Click Here to go to additional photos of Victoria's Ford Custom Twin Spinner boot loading Ambulances




	1952 Geelong's 1952 Ford Customline Ambulance. Click Here to go to additional photos of Victoria's Ford Customline Ambulances




	1952 Horsham's Ambulance fleet in 1949 from left to right, the 1948 Dodge 108 Suburban, 1947 WC Dodge, and a 1952 Peugeot 206.




	1952 Victoria's 1947 WC Dodge Ambulance. Click Here to go to additional photos of Victoria's WC Dodge Ambulance




	1953 Latrobe Valley's headquarters in Morwell in 1953 with (from left to right) a 1953 1949 Dodge 108 Suburban, 1951 Twin Spinner boot loader, 1949 Single Spinner and 1951 Twin Spinner.




	1954 Melbourne's Ambulance staff in preparation for the Royal visit.




	1954 Melbourne's fleet in 1954 outside Lonsdale St Headquarters. Includes the 1950's Dodge Coronet and the 1947 Oldsmobile Ace.




	1954 Leongatha's Branch, the Headquarters of the South Gippsland District Ambulance Service soon after it's opening in 1954.




	1954 Shepparton Headquarters of the South Gippsland District Ambulance Service soon after it's opening Click Here for more photos of the Branch




	1954 In 1954 Melbourne introduced two way radios (pictured here) into all Ambulances in preparation for the Royal Tour.




	1954 Melbourne's 1954 Dodge Coronet Ambulance. Click Here to go to additional photos of Victoria's Dodge Coronet Ambulances




	1955 Geelong Ambulance Headquarters around 1955 with 4 Ford Customline's and 2 Ford Mercury's.





	1956 Ballarat's 1956 Holden FC Ambulance. Click Here for more photos and information on the Ford Mainline used by Victoria's Ambulance Service.




	1956 The official opening of the new South Western Region Ambulance Headquarters on the 26 February 1956. Click Here for more photos of the Warnambool HQ




	1957 North Eastern Region's 1957 Ford Mainline and it's interior layout. Click Here for more photos and information on the Ford Mainline used by Victoria's Ambulance Service. Click here for photos of Victoria's restored Ambulance vehicles.





	1959 Introduced into Service in 1959, the Ford Custom 300 Ambulance was a low cost version of the Fairlane. This one built by Bodycraft Ambulance builders in Geelong for the Eastern Victorian Region.



	1959 1959 Ford Fairlane from North Eastern Region. Click Here for more photos and information on the Ford Fairlane used by Victoria's Ambulance Service.




	1960 In 1960, the first of the Ford F-100’s began being introduced into Victoria’s Ambulance Service. Pictured here is Werribee’s F-100 Click Here for more photos and information on the 1960 F-100 used by Victoria's Ambulance Service.