Looking to buy a cheap van for my new business, all vans within my budget are clapped out, well trashed and have travelled to the moon and back. I've found the car version of the vans (e.g. Citroen Berlingo, Peugoet Partner, Renault Kangoo & Nissan Kubistar) I've been looking at are in much better condition for cheaper, so I'm thinking about converting a car to a van. From what I see, I have to remove the back seats, render seatbelt anchors unusable, blank out the windows, and a few more jobs, and then get it inspected. All I can do easily - even if I get a van, I still need to do similar work to get it to meet my business needs. I'm not going to use the car/van for personal use at all, 100% business. I'm not looking to save on tax or insurance, or pull a fast one.

My question is can I change the V5 to show it as a van, and what about insurance? Where and who does the inspection? Will it run me into problems with the authorities?

Many thanks for advice in advance!