Cheers for the input Boost. I appreciate and understand you're not having a go. Its good to get advice (even if a little bleak) from someone knowledgeable.

There certainly is a large possibility this won't work - but I've kinda factored that in... The van is worth around £5k more than I will have paid once the work is done on it. This was one of the reasons I choose a classic - as well as it looking funky, it will hold its value. So if worst comes to worst I can sell it and not really have lost anything but my own time.

I've not explained how much effort I've put in already - I was interested in any crazy American chicken burgers I might not have heard of when starting this thread!

But I have a serious business plan in place that got funding, plus I've passed all the health and safety regs already and Eat St (eat.st) are very keen to have me on board. I've got the best platform I could hope for to start on, so its just a case of working my arse off and hoping it works.

My business plan is broken down weekly (I used to crunch numbers for a living in a insurance brokers FWIW - not a lot lol) and includes everything - van costs, produce, pitch costs, staff etc etc and my profit per burger was still 100% +. This is obv assuming I can average a certain amount per day/week. There will be ups down. Weather is going to play a huge factor. Few days of rain could kill a weeks profits. Few days of sunshine will be boomtime!

Plus I'm signing for a government entrepreneurial scheme which (if I get accepted) gives me some serious tax breaks!

Fingers crossed - I'm paying out the last of the money tomorrow, then no turning back.

I will keep you updated. Website will be live soon so I'll ask for your feedback!