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[Rick]

An email arrived other day, asking if anyone knows what model and/or age of van is shown here?? can anyone help with an identification??





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[alfanut]

Ah, an excuse to look through my old copies of 'Charge Utile' (the French old commercial vehicle magazine that I always try and buy when on holiday in France), as if I needed an excuse
It is a Peugeot J7 of about 1966, and looks well worth saving. I saw one or two in rural Brittany last year, and you also see them from time to time converted into market stalls for selling meat, etc; the whole side folds down to form a counter and the inside is just like a normal butchers. Now one of those should make a great preservation project

Geoff

[Rick]

hehe a gold star to alfanut for id'ing that one

hopefully the owner will pop by here and say hello shortly. The van is in Spain I believe and soon to be rescued!

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[pony-1]

Hi guys, thanks for your help on this! I will be in Spain until end of November but on my return i will post all the details of the van for you to look over. Thanks again

pony-1

[Rick]

hi pony, look forward to reading about it!! do you have any plans in mind or are you waiting til you get it back??

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[pony-1]

Hi Rick, as yet i havent decided what to do! I will check it out then decide if will restore it or possibly see if others are interested in it. I am not really mechanically minded.

pony-1

[pony-1]

Hi again, does anyone know if parts are easy to come by for this vehicle?

pony-1

[Rick]

I'd be inclined to check out ebay France and do some searching on there, probs the best place to look

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[bigstraight6]

[pony-1]

thanks again guys, i checked ebay france and got a few results as did ebay espania. Things are looking good. Will keep you updated on my return from spain at end of the month.

Cheers!

pony-1

[Old-Nail]

France is the best kept secret for classic cars or spares for them, it's littered with them - quite...er...literally.

Any age, any model, anywhere - you'll find it in France if you look in the more rural areas, and even though most have been left outdoors they don't seem to perish in quite the way the UK counterparts do.

[pony-1]

A nice example of whats out there. Did you purchase this?
pony-1

[Old-Nail]

Hi,

No I didn't buy this van it's just an example of the type of thing out there.
We Brits locked in our little island tend to forget that France is huge...and mostly rural, giving rise to a vast numbers of vehicles of the 'barn find variety.

Later on when I have a little more time I'll do a thread in the classic cars section on the sort of things still found there and thought commonplace that we in the UK would be fighting over!