The Campbulance: Converting the Old Into A Vehicle for Adventure The Campbulance: Converting the Old Into A Vehicle for Adventure Local Couple Gives Ambulance a New Life Share this story Published December 23rd, 2020 at 4:00 PM Above image credit: Here's Hartman and Canady seated in their ambulance-turned-camper. (Contributed) Myles Hartman said the van life called his name for the past several years. Now, he and his girlfriend Jasmine Canady are finally taking the leap. The appeal of “van life” has been growing over the past several years as people purchase school buses and the like to turn into campers or mobile homes.