With Halloween coming up in few days we felt that posting a tricked-out Citroën H Van reproduction food trailer being offered for sale in China would be appropriate for the season.
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It’s made by the Qingdao Kejia Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in Qingdao (in the province of Shandong). While they claim to design by heart — unfortunately they do not achieve accuracy. Just the minuscule wheels, let alone the windows, make the rest of the proportions look so far off that it makes an H Van enthusiast cringe.
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This Chinese “knock-off” suffers from budget driven directives to make it a super cheap. Prices range from $6,000 – $7,400 US (F.O.B. China) for trailer fitted with; a workbench counter, cupboard, sink, water tank, and interior LED light. Order 5 or more and the price drops by about 20%! Want electric powered mobility (to travel 50 – 80 km at 45 km/h)? That starts at $15,000 US.
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OK, we get that they are just an homage to the real thing, but with accurate reproduction body panels readily available in Europe to restore H Vans, that can also be put on correctly proportioned frames to make food Kiosks that look like proper H Vans, albeit at a much higher cost, building them in this manner is what we like to see.
We suppose that if these “big toy” H Vans while serving food a playground, fair or other venue, get more people appreciating the real thing when they come across one, well — then that’s a good thing.
But geesh! — what a sad rip-off on an iconic Citroën design!
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