I'd agree with gordonbennet regarding the hi ace, but the problem is going to be finding one. And even if you do find a later facelifted version, they can be pretty expensive, I know, I've looked often enough!.
Couple of things following up my 1st reply. The Fiat ducato did indeed use the 2.3 iveco engine, but only up to around 2010, when it changed to the same 2.2 used in the Citroën relay, Peugeot boxer and the transit.
I'm afraid I'm not tech savvy enough to post links, but after a quick look on autotrader, I discovered 2 Peugeot boxer's which, imo, would be much better buys than your mega-mileage transit custom. Both 2014, both with the 110PS version of the 2.2 engine. One was white, had just over 60k miles, and was £6695+vat, the other was red and had just under 50k miles and was £6995+vat. Not sure if it makes a difference, but the 1st of those was the 333 version, which has a 3.3t gvw and a huge payload of about 1500kg. The other was the more common 330 (3t gvw) with a payload of around 1200kg.
Something else you might consider is the hyundai i load. This is the van version of the i800 mpv. The van has the same 2.5 diesel as the car but in a lower state of tune, 114bhp (I think the i800 has about 150bhp). Not sure about any reliability issues with that engine (maybe someone else can help here?), but Korean cars are generally pretty well regarded reliability wise.
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