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1917 Ford Model T ambulance. Restored in June 1997 to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the AFS student exchange programme running in New Zealand. Ambulance 857 has been restored over a period of one year from various collections of Ford T parts although the guards, bonnet, valances and running boards are reproductions donated by Thomas Rootlieb of Turnlock USA. Two original ambulances have survived, one at the Chateau Bleran Court in Fance which is a genuine AFS ambulance, the other is in the USA and is an army ambulance.