Are you able to test drive an lwb and a swb both on and off road??
I have only had lwb's which I need for putiing work and tools in,but I initally bought one as a more butch estate car and then discovered the 4x4 teritory I had wandered into.
I love the shape of the a series lwb's and the load capacity and how big they are and love being on the road in one. I have made some simple sheet steel lockers in the back over the wheel arches to keep tools and other stuff in and these seem to be working well. I have slept several hours in the back when late driving back from Hereford as I can just stretch out flat in the back.I regularly put the passenger seat right back flat after taking the rear seat cushions out and this means I can take long things sticking out the back window(left open) right down into the front footwell.
I had not been in a swb until about two weeks ago at one of gregsters and sal,s woods days.
I got taken out in a 2.8 swb by wilberforce and then in a 2.4. lwb by gregster.
Tbh I have not been as interested in swbs, up until that point and I then realised how much fun off road they are. It felt as though it followed every bit of the surface it was going over.
I was then taken around in a lwb 2.4.I was impressed at how it got around the course as well.
I liked both experiences but in that terrain if I was asked to make a choice I think that I preferred the swb. I came away thinking that if I was to go offroad more often I would have to get one as a play vehicle.
I did feel slightly seasick afterwards as both trips happened one after another

Hope this helps and dosen't confuse.
Hope this helps