Classic/retro daily van

I have a berlingo for work purposes great little van…..but I know you said French but how about one of these if you can find one



We really should of kept this rover van very very rare and modified they are easy to play with and great daily drivers

Well, if you can find one.....



I bought one in 2004 for £500, a LWB High Top Diesel that had been used by a farm shop to haul tons of potatoes.
It was BRILLIANT!
It was used to move us to Mallorca, our whole life ended up in the back of it and it hauled us, without fuss, all the way there with my foot to the floor.
It was comfortable, spacious and bullet proof, however, it was not local Mallorcan proof as a resident t boned us, at speed, at a junction.
The van was written off but, had it not been so well built, they would have written off my wife too.
Highly recommended!

joem83. There will be no need to be ulez compliant, that c15 is simply cool, must say I haven't seen many modified quite cheap too. My budget is decent so don't mind an old vehicle funds will be available to make it right.
The R5 is also of interest becoming rare these days...but the R4 with Gordini alloys and lowered slightly is a sight to behold....really like these Renault's had a look a MK1 trafic, very good condition haven't seen one modified so that is of interest

Fun tool.

Cost me £250 on FB Marhetplace.

I’ve got an old(ish!) Astravan. I do a few more miles, averages at 300ish a week and sometimes some longer runs of 100+ miles (have done some 300 or 400 mile round trip days) so chickened out on going too old and went for things like 5th gear instead.

French stuff I considered

Would have liked a 309 van, but couldn’t find one.
205 was a bit small I thought

Have seen a couple of Renault 5 bubble vans come up since. But not when I was looking
The R4 was out of my budget anyway
Had a kangoo a few years back and they weren’t quite old enough in my head

Looked at a C15, but with the mileage thought it’d be hard work.

Really happy with the Astravan, old enough to be slightly interesting and have done just coming up to 30k in 2 years