This article concerns the 1996 ambulance casting, first issued in 1997. You may be looking for a different ambulance casting.

Ambulance (1996) Produced 1997-? Number MB299 Scale 1:80

Ambulance (1996), also issued as Ford Ambulance, was originally released in 1997. It depicts a modern Type III North American Ambulance, built on a Ford chassis. The vehicle lacks an interior, using textured windows to hide the fact. As an emergency vehicle with a large, flat surfaces on its top and sides, this casting was popular with third-party customizers; this page is limited to those versions released directly by Matchbox.

VersionsEdit

The Ambulance (1996) was made in China through the entire length of its run. Matchbox issued it in the following 1/80 scale versions:

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Wheel Type	Toy number(s)	Notes / Variations	Photo
	1997		White with Blue and silver	Ambulance, 27, Ambulance tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Textured
	1998		Yellow with red and white	Ambulance, 27, Ambulance tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke			Same graphic design as 1997, but in different colors
	1998	1-75 Challenge	Bronze metallic	(no tampos)	Chrome / Plastic	Textured smoke
N/A	1998	Around Town 5-Pack	Burgundy and white	Call 911, County EMS, ambulance tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke
N/A	1998	Premiere	Red with White stripe	Fire Rescue Unit 3, painted lights	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke	Chrome hubs with black plastic tires
	1999		Blue	Ridge, NY tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Textured clear
N/A	1999	5-pack: Mountain Rescue	White	Maouintain Rescue tampos, Ambulance cut-out	Chrome / Plastic	Textured clear
87	2000	Police Patrol (1-75)	Silver metallic	Red striping on box, with "EMT" cut out on left side. Yellow EKG pattern along side.	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Clear		87	Same as 2001 issue but with 8-dot wheels
MB40	2000	(INT)	White	Metropolitan Police	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke
N/A	2000	"5-Alarm" Launcher	White	Red and blue striping and graphics, "5-Alarm Ambulance" legend.	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke
N/A	2000	5 pack	Red	EMS caduceus logos in yellow and blue	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke
N/A	2000	Premiere	Dark Blue	Yellow lights and text: U.S.A.F. Flight Crew Transport	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke	Black hubs with black plastic tires
N/A	2000	Premiere	White with orange stripes	Las Vegas Fire Department tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke	Chrome hubs with black plastic tires		Red and blue light bar
87	2001	Police Patrol (1-75)	Silver metallic	Same as 2000.	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Clear			same as 2000 issue, but with teardrop wheels
MB55	2001	(INT)	White	Ambulance, black fenders and hood, Ambulance tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Blue		93926 (INT)	Card says Ford Ambulance
N/A	2001	"5-Alarm" Launcher	White	Red and blue striping and graphics, "5-Alarm Ambulance" legend.	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke			Similar to 5-Alarm Launcher version of 2000, but with red and blue reversed.
N/A	2001	Metro Alarm 5-pack	Orange	White, silver, and black graphics, "Metro Alarm" legend.	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke
N/A	2001	German 3-pack	Silver metallic	Black and White striping and graphics, "Ambulance" legend.	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Smoke
N/A	2001	set, with book	White	Red and silver striping and graphics, "911 Emergency" legend.	Chrome / Plastic	Textured Yellow