The body is built on a GAZelle Next A21R32 chassis with a 3,745 mm wheelbase. The engine is Cummins ISF2.8 diesel. Gross weight 3,500 kg — a category B licence is enough.
Body type — insulated body, sandwich panel, external dimensions 4,200 × 2,200 × 2,400 mm. That leaves 4,000 × 2,000 × 2,200 mm, 100 mm panel inside: the panel thickness is subtracted on every side, floor and ceiling included. Usable volume is 17.6 m³, counted from the internal dimensions rather than by multiplying the external ones. In a single tier that is 6 europallets.
The interior lining is galvanised sheet. The floor is chequered aluminium. Doors: hinged rear doors across the full width of the opening, folding ladder.
The refrigeration unit is none — the body is prepared for a unit. Fitted equipment: reflective contour tape, marker lamps along the top of the aperture, mudflaps.
Why it is built this way
Ribbed aluminium flooring is chosen where cargo moves on trolleys: the sheet takes no moisture, hoses down and does not delaminate under wheels. It is heavier than plywood but outlasts it severalfold.
Walls and ceiling are lined with galvanised sheet — the factory standard for a van body: it shrugs off moisture, takes a pallet-corner knock and is replaced in sections rather than whole panels.
What is in the photos
- The whole vehicle, front three-quarter view
- The body from the rear and side, hinged doors
- Rear doors open, galvanised lining and a ribbed aluminium floor
- The ribbed aluminium floor and the walls inside
- The rear aperture: gas door struts and marker lamps along the top
- The rear door of the isothermal body with its hinges and latches
Who it suits
An isothermal body does not produce cold — it slows heat exchange with the outside. Such a van is chosen for short runs and for cargo loaded already chilled: bread, confectionery, drinks, groceries. Usable volume here is 17.6 m³ — the block above estimates the load in pallets.
We will build the same — to your size and your chassis
This body is not a catalogue item but a project we actually built. We will make the same one to your dimensions: length, width and height are calculated for your cargo and the chassis payload, rather than fitting the cargo to a ready-made size.
We also fit it to your own chassis: bring the vehicle, we take the frame dimensions, build the body, mount it and hand it over with the conversion paperwork.
If you are still choosing a chassis, we have the same body on other bases as well: FAW 1027 (T80), Foton 5163, GAZon NEXT, HOWO T5G. They differ in payload, frame length and licence category.
