@Vaudo
Take some of it with a grain of salt, it’s just a protective community of misfits with a common addiction.
You just need to assess if you want to sell this here or not (or CL, eBay, keep etc..)
Here is what you have:
CA truck with no rust (prove that with lots of pics and/or Carfax) = pro
Used car lot story..... = con
Front fender needed fixing? How was it damaged/fixed? Accident? = con
95 Land Cruiser without lockers = con
Faded paint and worn interior = con
Engine rebuild = pro/con (depending on the work - post up the invoices)
Mixed bag of maintenance = con , (i.e. one axle repaired, one cat, one door rubber, one window seal etc...) these items should get repaired/replaced together, not ala carte.
“Tires have about 5K left”, means they need to be replaced = con
“I am not an off-road person...expert on these trucks” = con, because WE ALL ARE dammit!
New buyer from Mud will be factoring in additional coin on baseline (all fluids changes), tires, seals, gaskets, pesky little hoses, and on and on.
Again, built rigs with 3 x lockers, LOTS of $$$$ in tires, bumpers, winches, armor, lights, full baselined and flawless maintenance histories are going for $12-18K.
So back to your asking price

. $0.02 - Restart by posting up more pics and service records. FWIW you are in SoCal, you definitely have a market.