Abn, the little Renault 4 first came out in 1960. They are remakable little vehicles. The original was an 850cc 4 pot liquid cooled engine, later ones were 1100. the gear box 4 speed was mounted in front of the engine, front wheel drive. They are independent suspension, my trick to show off was to run two wheels on a 45 degree bank and two on the road, someone tried the same stunt with a convertable Triumph Vittesee, but that's another story.
The van came in SWB and LWB. The short had a capacity of 784 pounds (7cwt in UK old Money) the long 1232 pounds (11 cwt) the equivalent Ford Escort van of the time had 5 cwt capacity. The only problem with them was Michelin X tyres, they were totally ******* the vehicle wouldn't stay on the road! Renault fitted Michelin as standard and the vehicle got a bit of a reputation. I fitted Kliber musd and snow to mine and it would go anywhere , if you did push your luck they were light enough to pick up and carry. As Sniper said there was a bolt on 4x4 system (Though some *** person SOLD IT!!) I always wanted one of those, but at £600 it was the same cost as the vehicle. There was a pick up version as well. A far superior vehicle to it's rival the 2CV.