Vintage vehicle coffee conversions

In a time when you need to stand out and give your brand a point of difference, don’t look any further than a vintage food truck. The joy of serving inside when the weather is chilly and the flexibility to simply close the hatch and drive away, fully self contained at the end of each day make it ideal for the corporate event market or street vending.

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Introducing the vintage vehicle mobile coffee conversion

Bring us your vehicle or we can source and renovate a vehicle for you, for one of the quirkiest mobile coffee conversions out there. Find out more today.

We’ve sourced several of our own vintage vehicles from the classic Citroen H Vans to the uber cool Renault Estafette. We then undertake a ground up restorations so they are road legal and daily drivers – all work is undertaken in house.

Experienced in adding new Ford Pinto engines into Citroen H Vans through to bare metal chassis rebuilds you can ensure the very best care and craftsmanship to ensure your vintage vehicle will be restored to last. 

  • We sometime have vehicles in stock, or you supply the vehicle and we do the conversion. As standard we finish it with a superior quality stainless steel for a contemporary look for you to sell your freshly made coffee, drinks or food from. If budget allows we can build and finish in all sorts of materials to suit your brand.
  • Award-winning Fracino 2 Group coffee machine. The machine comes in a polished stainless steel, which perfectly complements our conversion. It is “dual fuel” and can run from gas, electric — or both!
  • Matching chrome finished Fracino Grinder with one-year warranty.
    • Built-in gas compartment with Comcat 2 gas installation and safety certificate
    • Upgraded suspension s springs fitted as standard to help cope with extra weight
    • 57 or 70L built-in water tank
    • 20 L waste tank
    • Sink unit with running water
    • Stainless steel knockout drawer or knockout tube
    • Storage area
    • Commercial grade gel battery power system

    Note: various model coffee machines and grinder upgrades available.

    • Award-winning Fracino Contempo 2 group semi-automatic espresso machine with dual fuel technology. With this machine you have the ability to run from gas, electric or both. Also includes a matching chromed finish Fracino grinder; both come with a one-year warranty.
    • Stainless steel knockout drawer
    • Bespoke fitting service
    • Help with menu planning and costing
    • Finance options available (via third parties)
    • Barista training
    • Barista kit (see below)
    • Sales & marketing help with business start-up advice on all aspects of the mobile coffee business
    • Start-up stock with a retail value of £1500, which includes:
      – 6kg of freshly roasted coffee (In a blend of your choice)
      – 500 8oz and 500 12oz double walled ripple cups
      – 1000 matching lids
      – 200 4oz espresso cups
      – 2kg tin of luxury hot chocolate
      – Chocolate sprinkles
      – Marshmallows
      – 2 bottles of Sweetbird syrups (you can choose flavour)
      – 2 milk jugs

    – Tamper mat

    – Tamper

    – Cleaning fluid

Looking for bespoke solutions?

We can provide bespoke and flexible solutions to all our customers, whether you’re just setting up a mobile coffee business or in the position to expand your business.

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Free barista kit & training

We offer FREE barista training along with training to operate your equipment safely with our mobile coffee van packages, because at Coffee Latino we want you and your business to succeed. You will also get your barista kit as standard.

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Optional Extras

Vehicle graphics

We offer a complete design service and you can choose from computer cut vinyl in a wide range of colours or full colour digital prints – again all printed here in house. So we can cater for simple low cost lettering to graphics and logos, or even more elaborate and eye catching larger prints including complete vehicle wraps. We also offer magnetic vinyls that can be removed and replaced from the vehicle at your leisure and convenience. This is ideal for people who want the ability to change their promotions regularly, say for corporate events and trade shows, or simply if you prefer that your vehicle stays 'promotion free' outside of work hours. Prices start from £295+VAT.

12V ice cream / ice box

Our ice cream and ice box requires minimal power from 12V battery and can be used for the whole day. With its durable, tough build, 32 litre capacity and user friendly features, the heavy duty Waeco CFX35 Portable Freezer is built for long lasting endurance and high performance.
The Waeco Coolfreeze CFX35 Portable Compressor Freezer with reliable cooling down to -22°C even in the warmest weather. Price: £649+VAT. Note: Other larger sizes available.

Solar panel charging

Our vehicles can be fitted with the latest technology in solar charging, Coffee Latino was the first UK coffee company to trial the solar system and we released our first solar APE back in the summer of 2007. We loved it so much we are now an official UK distributor for one the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers. They offer an excellent way to top up your battery system during service times. Price: solar systems start from £295 +VAT.

Powder coated racking systems

A purpose-built bespoke racking system, fabricated to the highest standard with a hard enamelled powder coated finish. (available in any colour)
Price: from £99+VAT

Menu boards

A range of menu boards are available from Pavement signs through to built in, custom made signage to fit your van.
Prices vary dependant on request.

12V Waeco drawer fridge

12v compressor fridge drawer. Keeps milk perfectly chilled and is made to measure for a perfect fit into a Piaggio APE coffee van or any of our mobile coffee conversions. It also cools to -2C so it’s ideal to store ice in the summer too. Adjustable temperature and low battery power consumption make this the must have mobile fridge.
Price: £495+VAT

Piaggio APE 50 towing frame

Our custom-made towing frame is detachable easily and with minimum effort transforms your Coffee van into a towable trailer. Can be towed by the smallest of vehicles. Price: £295+VAT.

Cup dispensers

Stainless steel counter mounted . The Bonzer range of cup dispensers are not to be confused with cheaper imitations. Stainless steel patented mounting ring locks and self-supports dispenser in counter. Front loading. Spring tensions. Horizontal or vertical mounting. Price: £115+VAT per dispenser.

Super bright LED lights

These LED lights are in our humble opinion the best lights available - Why?
Their power consumption is extremely low allowing them to run from the commercial batteries, they are incredibly bright, and surface mounted. These are the same lights fitted to the outside off fire engines for extreme visibility. Price: £99+VAT per light cluster.

Piaggio APE 50 uprated springs

Give the Piaggio APE 50cc a lift! Is your Piaggio APE feeling a little sad? Help give it a deserved lift with our new bespoke made coil springs. Not your normal spring replacement, these super springs are moulded in to place and will not move from there seat. Well worth a little extra and helps prevent your van leaning over. Price: £198+VAT per pair

Battery power

We don't use leisure style batteries at Coffee Latino. Why, you may ask? The answer is in the name: Leisure. We only use commercial deep cycle / discharge sealed gel batteries. You can upgrade anywhere up to 245 amp/h or we also supply 6v cells going up to 320 amp/h. Talk to us — tell us what you want to run and we can work out your power consumption and make sure you have the correct batteries for the job! Price: £170+VAT for 125AMP hour battery

Upgrade your grinder

We can recommend a range of Mazzer grinders to ensure great performance and minimal power usage for your mobile coffee van. Prices start from: £245+VAT to upgrade

Piaggio white wall tyres

Want the very coolest retro look for your Piaggio APE 50 van or Piaggio APE Classic van? Then look no further than adding a set of white wall tyres.

APE 50 tyres, price: £70+VAT per tyre fitted
APE Classic tyres, price: £90+VAT per tyre fitted

Vehicle resprays

We outsource our spray painting to a local coachbuilder. Here at Coffee Latino we believe to leave certain jobs to the experts, with the correct facilities to ensure a flawless finish.
Price: Depends on job / vehicle

Shipping your vehicle

We can recommend local companies we use to ship our mobile coffee vehicles all over the world whether it's a custom made wooden crate for air shipment, through to safely loading shipping containers, we can help advise.
Price: Depends on job / vehicle / destination / weight.

3M water filters

Help improve the longevity of your dual fuel coffee machine with a water filter to help prevent the build up of limescale inside the boiler of the coffee machine and pipework, and also help make your coffee taste even better! The cartirdge is easily replaced annually. Price: from £170+VAT.

Fracino 2 group dual fuel fully automatic coffee machine

Each of our mobile coffee conversions comes with a Fracino 2 group, dual fuel, semi automatic coffee machine as standard. Want to upgrade to a fully automatic so you can pre set your water dose for better consistency on busy sites?
Price: £415+VAT

12V connection point

A handy way to connect your USB devices such as your till system or phone charger.
Price: £45+VAT

Till drawer

Keep your cash safe in a lockable till drawer and help portray a professional image.
Price: £149+VAT

Interested in the coffee vintage vans package?

Call us on 0191 414 0115 to find out more about this package, or alternatively complete the form below and we’ll get back to you.…

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