Our municipality’s weekly market is held on every Friday afternoon. The vendors are offering a whole range of fresh food and other products, like flowers, plants and also clothes. This combination of a (decoupled) food trailer and full-size panel van is used to sell fresh, fried and smoked sea fish. The livery on both trailer and van is spot on! It even says vis, Dutch for fish, in the form of a fish.
If a FWD Fiat Ducato (or something similar) is too much of a lightweight for your job, then you can always opt for the RWD and body-on-frame Iveco Daily.
This heavy-duty van, with dual rear wheels, has a wheelbase of 352 cm (138.6”). It speaks for itself that the Daily is available in multiple wheelbases and roof heights and is also offered in different chassis-cab versions.
The van is powered by an FPT 3.0 liter, inline-four turbodiesel. Maximum power output 170 DIN-hp.
The Koelewijn family hails from Spartanburg Spakenburg. The town has been known for fish processing and trading for ages.
The business end, quite literally, of the overland sea fish operation. Take notice! Weekly market on every Friday, tow-away zone from 11.00 – 19.00 hours.
Bon appétit! (photo courtesy of Vishandel J. Koelewijn)
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Smakelijk!
(One of the few Dutch words I remember from my days working for Philips in the 1980s.)
Proost! was the other one?
Yes, along with ‘alstublieft’. And for some strange reason ‘afval’ is still stuck in my brain…
In June 1983, Popular Mechanics mentioned in an article on their first road test of the then new Chrysler minivans, that Iveco was anticipated to introduce the S-Class commercial van to the US market. It never materialized, of course.
“Little-known in the US, Iveco is entering the minivan wars with its S-class commercial vehicle.”
Both Iveco and FPT Industrial are subsidiaries of CNH Industrial. Every Iveco, Case, New Holland and Steyr is powered by an FPT engine. So these engines can be found all over the globe.
FPT’s on-road engines range from 2.3 to 12.9 liter displacement. The 2.3 and 3.0 liter engines are also used by Fiat, for the Ducato. Logically, of course, since FPT stands for Fiat Powertrain Technologies 🙂
Thanks Johannes. I mostly posted that tidbit of obscure historical info for Americans readers, who probably had no idea Iveco originally planned at some point, to have an early 80s consumer market competitor for the Chrysler minivans in the US. I don’t know what event(s) ended their efforts, at the time. It would have been interesting to see if their van would have been successful in the US market.
Well, I found it interesting too. Never knew that Iveco had plans to enter the US market, certainly not 35 to 40 years ago.
I think that North America is the only continent where Iveco vehicles aren’t offered.
Thanks Daniel — I didn’t know that, though I do remember Iveco’s commercial trucks in the US during the 1980s. From what I recall, the Iveco company’s complicated organization made for a somewhat clumsy entry to the US market; I think they considered selling them under the Magirus nameplate, and then had a somewhat tough time organizing a dealer network because other established brands didn’t want the competition at their own commercial truck franchises.
Neat summary, and something I’ve seen elsewhere in Europe, notably France, where the van would more likely be a Renault, of course.
Yes, something like the RWD-version of the Renault Master, with dual rear wheels, as pictured below. Still, the fact remains that the Iveco Daily has the highest “heavy-duty level” of all European light commercial vehicles.
Lekker! (building on Louis’s comment above by sharing my minimal Dutch vocabulary.)
It seems that with so many of the commercial vehicles that you post about, the graphics on these trucks is several times better-looking that the typical such vehicles we’d see here in the US. And this van-and-trailer combination is no exception. Around here, food trucks and food trailers often benefit from well-designed graphics, but rarely the accompanying cargo vans. So it’s always a pleasure to see these examples.
And of course the seafood looks great too. I wish I could swing by to pick some up for dinner.
Yes, I’ve noticed the liveries also in Johannes’ posts. In comparison there is a distinct lack of creativity (or simply more business focus) in the liveries used here.
The have both a strong sense of, and a great respect for graphic design. I was literally reading a Dutch design book earlier today. Always loved the care given to shop signs and vehicle liveries when I lived there.
Ivecon are here in the light and heavy commercial market, I drove a 500hp Iveco tractor unit many years ago it was a nice comfortable truck, The vans have bee around a while but now lookalikes from China bearing LDV bagding are becoming common.
It’s a good and reliable van. Not so expensive as the Sprinter or Crafter, a bit than Boxer, Ducato or Jumper. Iveco has a good reputation in heavy trucks (their speciality) but also in vans (they won the International Van of the year 3 times).
Sounds more agricultural than Sprinter or Transit but the 3.0 engine is one of the best in vans.