It was June 2002:
FBI: Nothing Wrong With Request for Fake Ambulance
"The FBI says there appparently was nothing sinister about attempts by two Middle Eastern men to buy a fake ambulance..."
Attempt to Buy Ambulance Spurs Fear
" NEWARK, N.J. -- An attempt by two Middle Eastern men to buy a fake ambulance spurred authorities to issue warnings that terrorists may seek to use bogus emergency vehicles as weapons, authorities said. About two weeks ago, two men walked into Movie Time Cars Inc., a Lyndhurst company that rents replicas of ambulances and police cars to TV and film producers. The men offered to pay cash to buy a replica ambulance, said Joe Sargo, the company's owner. Sargo, suspicious, told the men he does not sell vehicles to anyone. The men quickly left, but an employee jotted down... "
*sigh*