Sherpa Freight Rover LDV alert

[D.E]

2001 LDV 400 CONVOY LWB 17 Seat Minibus Low 68 k Miles

[grogee]

9 minutes ago, D.E said:

2001 LDV 400 CONVOY LWB 17 Seat Minibus Low 68 k Miles

Imagine buying this and just roaming the country, picking up shiters and dropping them off, like a perpetual shite mystery tour

[Rustybullethole]

Looks kind of tough with the low roof. Like a muscled terrier. Drove a high top with the same seats which got me thinking it must be transit engined. Which it is. 

Hope the local school did a better job of servicing the bus than they did of teaching this lad.

[andrew e]

[Weird Car]

On 22/02/2026 at 21:27, Cavcraft said:

Frieght Rover Pickup | eBay UK

I want one of these primarily to continue my collection of obscure *insert first name here* Rovers but almost 5 grand! For what’s clearly a project, pure madness 

[grogee]

On 12/03/2026 at 20:40, andrew e said:

That's a fabulous pic, I love it

[Rustybullethole]

Since I no longer own a transit i've really been missing welding up rusty old vans every year. For the want of 2k this would fill the hole nicely.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/336478053342?_skw=leyland+sherpa+van&itmmeta=01KKPXXDN9XDWQCG4NC78BWA85&hash=item4e57a7a3de%3Ag%3APe8AAeSwdOlpoGmF&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDz2YoWBLTwB8lX62vKB3x3QqUAT1euH%2BOpZKkFkzxbuDfmw9LIMhJ8d2o6FQMYP%2Ftb9mQhr9CpLCOZmWg6VRWSG0uJhXnvR2iCEtyVSIQ0sK5LKREyhV0Oc73DzD2YWJXxEXRXZGWjtL5pd26gkNg5kiROw00tKyHrTJGzhD7hlCNV6HkGjFaxus26n%2BTggqcDCWVgEOOHBbxL3F1rLTF5gj3ViT2yaFxRAAdjmOq4WXw4qfUlrWLFpEQJCR6Algw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_ra9d2dZw&keyword=leyland+sherpa+van&sacat=0&relatedSearch=true

[eddyramrod]

This one's just shown up on FB...

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/1471571141381834/?media_id=0&ref=share_attachment

[ruffgeezer]

There's a fuckload of them in the winter yard of a Circus I passed on the train towards Grantham recently.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zUuSfNyY2hWGJawz7

[Matty]

On 14/03/2026 at 20:27, Rustybullethole said:

Since I no longer own a transit i've really been missing welding up rusty old vans every year. For the want of 2k this would fill the hole nicely.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/336478053342?_skw=leyland+sherpa+van&itmmeta=01KKPXXDN9XDWQCG4NC78BWA85&hash=item4e57a7a3de%3Ag%3APe8AAeSwdOlpoGmF&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDz2YoWBLTwB8lX62vKB3x3QqUAT1euH%2BOpZKkFkzxbuDfmw9LIMhJ8d2o6FQMYP%2Ftb9mQhr9CpLCOZmWg6VRWSG0uJhXnvR2iCEtyVSIQ0sK5LKREyhV0Oc73DzD2YWJXxEXRXZGWjtL5pd26gkNg5kiROw00tKyHrTJGzhD7hlCNV6HkGjFaxus26n%2BTggqcDCWVgEOOHBbxL3F1rLTF5gj3ViT2yaFxRAAdjmOq4WXw4qfUlrWLFpEQJCR6Algw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_ra9d2dZw&keyword=leyland+sherpa+van&sacat=0&relatedSearch=true

Go well with a prima in too.

[Jack D]

Near Bristol

 

 

Both at the same address, so must be a specialist or an enthusiast! 

[Verysleepyboy]

18 minutes ago, Jack D said:

Both at the same address, so must be a specialist or an enthusiast masochist! 

To be fair though, that Sherpa camper actually looks half decent - and that's without any drunken eBay goggles on!

[Jack D]

 

12 minutes ago, Verysleepyboy said:

To be fair though, that Sherpa camper actually looks half decent - and that's without any drunken eBay goggles on!

It’s clearly loved.  I think there was another LDV in the workshop too, but I can’t remember fully.  

[cobblers]

We have a regular "Algal Convoy" visitor near home. The back doors are fillered shut. It's in daily use. Fair play

[catsinthewelder]

Saw this beauty today.

Also followed a surprisingly tidy 05 plate Convoy with a beaver tail body down the A49.

[doug]

This one is local and been sitting for years. Street veiw pic.

[Dan302]

 

[Heavyspanners]

A couple of panel vans on Farcebook Marketplace at the moment.

This one isn't quite as good as this photo makes it look, but it might be worth a low-ball offer. Ex-DIY camper, but interior stripped out so it's a van again, no bits cut out of the shell except for a dome window chopped into roof. Tailgate without rear window - if that's factory, not a DIY plate-over job, that's rare. Seller seems to have looked after the mechanical stuff, but it failed the MOT on rust - lots of rust.

Asking price is £750, which is optimistic given that long MOT fail sheet. Let's say £500....



Maybe the biggest headache is that the dash is missing. Switches held on with string, which weirdly doesn't appear in the fail list. String is MOT compliant - who knew?

Interesting to see the underlying structure of the dash, though - some pretty hefty steelwork in there. And the colour shows that this isn't an ex-Royal Mail van, which is a plus point, since it won't have been thrashed by crazed posties.




This one has been hanging around on FB Marketplace for a long time with no takers. £1,300 - "Reduced if sold this weekend!" Very early LDV 200, the rebranded Leyland Daf model which was later reworked into the Pilot. One of the last square-nose Sherpas. Perkins Prima diesel, and it's a double slider!

Runs, drives, on the road, and it's got an MOT - for the next couple of weeks. The MOT history isn't terrible, so it may even get another without any work, although the kingpins might want looking at sooner rather than later. I would fill them up with grease and try to scrape through the MOT that way.

Seller claims it's the only one left on the road, which might be true for that particular model. It's plated at 2.6 tonnes, which means it would have been badged as a 255. A few 255 chassis-cab Sherpas are still about (I've got one) but the vans may well be rare at that weight.



I'm not too keen on that late-style grille, although it has much better airflow than the previous designs. But the earlier grilles can be swapped, if you want the Freight Rover look.

 

[TMP_319]

I'd be all over that 200 Series if I could afford another one. From the video in the listing it sounds like it could have an XUD9 in it rather than the Prima?

[grogee]

1 hour ago, Heavyspanners said:

if you want the Freight Rover look

As if anyone wouldn't! They're badass. 

[Heavyspanners]

1 hour ago, TMP_319 said:

I'd be all over that 200 Series if I could afford another one. From the video in the listing it sounds like it could have an XUD9 in it rather than the Prima?

I've just done some extensive internet research, and yes, it should be an XUD engine - they were introduced in 1989, which is a lot earlier than I thought.

Strangely enough it seems the Perkins Prima was only introduced in 1986, which is a lot later than I thought. So the Prima had a very short run, really.

Interesting article here, from Commercial Motor magazine, on the new-fangled Prima when it was first introduced. Previously, diesel Sherpas had the B Series diesel - all 56bhp of it - which must have been very much the heritage option by 1986.

[grogee]

5 hours ago, Heavyspanners said:

the B Series diesel

🍆 

[Joey spud]

East Kent (?) mini link in Canterbury.

My secondary School had one just like this and years later I came across it again in the yard of a garage I was an apprentice at minus its engine and box being used for parts storage.

[barrett]

Did anyone save the photo or info from this listing, now deleted? Not only is it a fuggin' SHERPA 4X4 but according to the terrible ad it's ex-The King (better known as Prince Charles) and came from Balmoral.

[goosey]

On 02/04/2026 at 10:53, Joey spud said:

East Kent (?) mini link in Canterbury.

My secondary School had one just like this and years later I came across it again in the yard of a garage I was an apprentice at minus its engine and box being used for parts storage.

around the Black Country these were known as Merry Hill Minis 

[High Jetter]

9 hours ago, barrett said:

Did anyone save the photo or info from this listing, now deleted? Not only is it a fuggin' SHERPA 4X4 but according to the terrible ad it's ex-The King (better known as Prince Charles) and came from Balmoral.

Ad is still showing for me, and I'm not on FB.

[Heavyspanners]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Ad is still showing for me, and I'm not on FB.

It's still there...



Apparently once owned by Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh. It's not in great shape, but the fact that it's a 4x4 and it's got a royal connection is probably the reason for the hefty price tag, which would be a bit steep for a normal Sherpa in this condition.

In fact I'd say the asking price is a bit steep even for this one. There's a lot of rust. But I suppose it's very much in the 'find another' category...





 

[500tops]

There's a reference to A301 WOF I'm this thread dated 2008.

 

4x4 Sherpa - International Forum - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum https://share.google/k5C22bTTQzngv6mFy

[UltraWomble]

Quote

Yeah, breaker one-nine
This here's the Rubber Duck
You got a copy on me Pig Pen, c'mon?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/389816603964

Quote

It was the dark of the moon
On the sixth of June
In a LDV, pullin' document & archival logs
Cabover Pete had a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We was headin' for't pyramid
On M-6-0
'Bout a mile out Rainy Town
I says, Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck
And I'm about to put the hammer down

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/188195240762

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/227275714560

[grogee]

4 hours ago, Heavyspanners said:

It's still there...



Apparently once owned by Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh. It's not in great shape, but the fact that it's a 4x4 and it's got a royal connection is probably the reason for the hefty price tag, which would be a bit steep for a normal Sherpa in this condition.

In fact I'd say the asking price is a bit steep even for this one. There's a lot of rust. But I suppose it's very much in the 'find another' category...





 

I dunno, I don't blame them for asking £6k for the royal connection. 

Besides, Shirley it's simply* a case of unbolting the rusty body, bolting on a donor then spraying it in the Royal green wellies/gold combo??? 

Then you've got a £20k museum piece. 

AS group project!!!