Well, I am now officially a White Van Man (WVM)
Alas, not a Cargo Cycles creation: I have scheduled building Cargo Tricycles and Quads in the Autumn, so I have bought this Secondhand AVD Loadmaster van to Hire out for the time being.
It has a set of Sram 7 speed internal hub gears, and a two chain ring front derailleur set up giving me 14 pedalling speeds in total. Plus selectable; pedal assist electric drive, or full electric drive, road legal lighting, Sturmey Archer Drum brakes all round. Rear (lockable) roller shutter door and a wire mesh swing out door (for carrying dogs: the van originally transported Customs and Revenue sniffer dogs around an Airport). The van body has a capacity 1.2 cu/metre and 250 kg payload
I shall be fitting a 12 volt rotating amber beacon tomorrow, and on Friday I have two, 30 watt X 12 Volt solar panels being delivered, which I will also fit to the roof to assist with battery charging.
I now have to work like crazy tomorrow, Friday and this weekend as my new JD2 H3 tube bender also arrived today (at long last after being held up by Customs and Revenue for nearly a month), along with getting the Van serviced, cleaned, polished, and Cargo Cycles logo decals fitted ready for Monday morning, when a certain major political Party has hired it as a campaigning vehicle until after polling next Thursday.