In fairness colm
Tommy vans have all been company vans and are worked hard and have been overloaded most days. Would be different if Tommy owned it for sure!
On the other hand nick had awful trouble with his one and he was a painter so cant see the van Been ever over loaded and would have been serviced regularly.
I had one from new and never gave trouble, imo the problem ones were like everything else, the high powered 6 speed ones that just wasn't built for 150 bhp and to pull heavy loads.
My one was a 110 bhp 5 speed and the only thing I had to do on it were the wish bone bushes which are a weak spot and a electric window switch in nearly 200 thousand kms.