they go on for ever the old shape transits..................
no they don`t, theres that little actual rust proofing on them they fall apart with rot, not done much work on the veedubs but the body work is more robust, as far as the mechanicals go, service history is king, if there aint one, walk away (same for the tranny, modern motors wont take the abuse that the older motors would) oil changes are a must and no matter what it costs, use the right spec oils, if your not sure, look for the castrol website, they have a good search facility on that , just have to put in the reg number and it