I have a lot of love for the Sherpa, their time had probably come long before they eventually ceased to be built but there was something essentially good in the idea of taking a well-respected existing van (J4), moving its engine from between the seats to the hastily tacked on extension upfront, ditching the J4's independent suspension in favour of a beam and giving it a new name. Modern vans are much more efficient but far too much so to be entertaining to drive, IMHO.
All applicants for jobs with Hermes, Yodel and the other companies who bring our eBay tat to the doors should be made to drive a Sherpa from the bottom to the top of Berwick on the typically icy roads we have to put up with in the winter. Only those who demonstrate an ability to bring their Sherpa back to the employer's premises intact, upright and undamaged should then be given the jobs driving the current Transits and Sprinters, a move that would reduce rear end shunts to private motorists' vehicles by 72% at a stroke. Probably.
Thanks for the thumbnails, that looks like an honest old van.
by that i mean the ford transit van, not some pic of your ex girlfriend who actually turns out to be a chap