{"id":4294,"date":"2013-02-21T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4294"},"modified":"2013-02-21T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T17:00:33","slug":"volkswagen-transporter-roadside-assistance-conversion-close-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4294","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen Transporter Roadside Assistance Conversion: Close Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can convert a panel van to do almost any job, including some surprisingly heavy tasks. A good example is for use as a roadside assistance vehicle, with built-in tool storage\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>a fold-out recovery trailer.<\/p>\n

The AA and RAC have been using these for a while now, but I’ve not seen a close-up of a conversion before. However, Allianz Global Assistance has recently ordered a fleet of 79 roadside assistance vehicles based on Volkswagen Transporters<\/a> — and VW has kindly provided these photos.<\/p>\n

\"Allianz

One of the Allianz Global Assistance Volkswagen Transporter roadside assistance vans with the trailer folded out.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Inside

The same van with the recovery trailer folded away into the storage position.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Fold-out

A closer view of the fold-out recovery trailer<\/p><\/div>\n

Every Transporter has been converted to enable its technicians to carry all the essential equipment they need while on the road, including a compact recovery trailer, diagnostic equipment and dedicated storage for jack, axle stands, tools, common vehicle parts and car batteries.<\/p>\n

\"Racking

Racking and tool storage inside the Transporter roadside assistance conversion<\/p><\/div>\n

The new Transporter fleet will be supplied from the Birmingham<\/a> Volkswagen Van Centre<\/a>, which has worked with Allianz Global Assistance to ensure the vehicles have been converted to the bespoke specification required, and delivered on time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Close-up photos of a Volkswagen Transporter converted to a roadside assistance vehicle as part of a fleet order of 79 vans for Allianz Global Assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[178,493],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4301,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294\/revisions\/4301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}