I used to drive old VW buses around central Europe. You could repair them yourself. That was why I never wanted all this modern electronical rubbish of electric windows, ECUs and other crap. The problem with getting vehicles, which are too old, is that every part wears out in time. That means that things you never expect to touch -like drive shafts, back plates of wheels, heat exchangers etc - start to disintigrate too. I don't know what I would go for if I needed another bus now - possibly a Ford Transit, if I could get one, which was sound underneath and did not have too much electrical bollocks in it. In any event, my commiserations. I know what it means to part from the old dears...