Stealthing Out the Tanscon Medi Vac AmbulanceStealthing Out the Tanscon Medi Vac AmbulanceRadar Roy was also selected to stealth out what is considered the “Secret Weapon” from road racing history, the Transcon Medi Vac Ambulance. This original Transcon Medi Vac Ambulance was built in 1978 and modified with a Mopar 440 punched out to 502 engine and was driven by Brock Yates and Hollywood stuntman Bill Mitchell during the 1979 Cannonball race. Because of transmission problems, the ambulance died less then 100 miles away from the finish line, in Palm Desert California and never finished the race. But the ambulance was resurrected for the movie "The Cannonball Run" staring Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett and Don Deluise. After the filming of the movie, the ambulance was put back into service as a support vehicle for Hal Needham's land speed record attempts in the Budweiser Rocket Car. The ambulance was later auctioned off by the NASCAR Wives Auxiliary and the last known owner was to a flower shop in South Carolina that no longer exists. That was till Travis Bell, an Indianapolis disc jock who owns the first General Lee from the Dukes of Hazard, was able to track down and purchase the Transcon Medi Vac Ambulance is 2006. Travis modified the 440 engine to a 502 with Holly 850 carb, Eagle 150 crank and Weiand Aluminum intake and choose Radar Roy to stealth out the Transcon Medi Vac with the same equipment used by the Catalyst racing team. |
