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We all know about the infamous Balloon Chase Ambulance, but did you know that Stroppe built others? Neither did I til a few years ago when one surfaced. A Strange double Stroppe-rollbar'd Red Bronco came available on Craigslist then, and I began to wonder what it was. With a full garage at the time I had to pass, but eventually asked Willie Stroppe about it and he said "Sure, thats one of the ones we built for the Long Beach Lifeguards at the City Beach. Wow, but still no photo documentation. Unfortuneately I didn't act fast enough and someone else picked it up and took some parts off of it, and put it out to pasture. Fast forward to Decemeber, after parting ways with my Stroppe Courier, I decided it might be fun to track down. This time I called the Long Beach Life Guard Assoc, and was able to find what I needed in terms of pictures! Wow. Check this out. I brought it home to Baja Broncos Unlimited 2 weeks ago. Needs work, but it'll come back! They made 2 in 70 and 1 in '74. The first two were completely equipped as rescue ambulances, and the 74 was slightly less outfitted.
