It pays to walk down a different alley once in a while…in this case, the payoff was nothing less than a LeSharo, which has become exceedingly rare. It has the FWD cab and drive train from a Renault Master van mated to a low-profile fiberglass camper body. I have not seen one for well over a decade; the last one is written up here.
And yes, with a 75 hp 2.1 L Renault turbo diesel, it was slow, although not as slow as the 57 hp naturally-aspirated version.