Originally Posted by vwalan

My personal view is you couldnt get a more rust bucket than a ford transit. They are known to snap their chassis just behind the cabs.If its on the ford chassis spare wheels carriers fall off and rear spring hangers drop out of chassis. Never mind the rest of the front cab. There is also problems woth the imobiliser cut out on some pumps. Look hard and think a bit more would be my advice.It is quite difficult to find a good base vehicle these days.
I worked with V W ,s for years but cant recomend the later t4/5 they have lots of faults and give much less room than their predecessors
I think i would look for a renault or iveco daily base .
cheers have fun. alan