I use a D series as transport for my vintage tractor transport…goes very well up to 43mph then sits at that spped all day long up hill or down…
The brakes are good enought to throw you forward even when i have a tractor in the back…I use the front bit as living at rallys…The handbrake is the umbrella type that you pull or push to work which I have got the hang of.Even the power assisted steering is not to bad when under way but a little heavy when standstill,gearbox is ok and after now getting the hang of it I can select gears smoothly without to much crunching(no syrinco on 1st)