Metro van from B
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.'s Austin Rover Group now s a Metro car-derived van in model range.
The introduction of the fac-y-built van has been expected • some time but one BL dealer, 3tchley Motor Car Sales of Mil-) Keynes, was not prepared to lit and has been offering its in con.l.tersion, the Camion lm earlier in the year (CM, July ).
Unlike the one-model Camion 1,047.50, including vat), BL's in Metro van is available with choice of engines and trim eels. The retail prices (includvat) of the four models in the w range are as follows: one'e van — £3,211, 1.3-litre van £3,387, one-litre L van — ,529, and the 1.3-litre L van — ,705.
Equipment fitted only to the ' specification models indes reversing lamps, heated ir window, choke warning light, passenger's sun visor, driver's door bin, and houndstooth fabric seat trim. All models are fitted as standard with inertia reel seat belts and load space floor mat.
BL quotes the van's load volume, to the SAE standard, as 1.28cum (4 5.7cuft) and its payload as 250kg (four cwt).
Suspension and tyre equipment is unchanged from Metro car models: 135-12 radials are fitted to all one-litre models and 155/70-12 radial tyres to 1.3 models.
All Metros have Hydragas suspension front and rear; 1.3 models have servo-assistance for the hydraulically operated brakes, discs at the front, drums at the rear.
BL offers a three-piece, folding, raised plywood floor, similar to the one used in the Camion, for its Metro van to solve the loading problem caused by the deep lip of the rear sill. The Unipart "EasyLoad" floor retails at £83.50.