If any consolation, compared to the wreck I am working on, your rust aint too bad! I don't have salt tho. The worst is a never cleaned rusty and cracked chassis frame. Have you crawled under and looked at your frame? If the frame is good, you are ahead.
Some of your panels and the doors bolt off, which makes it much easier to repair and paint. Sheet metal is much more comforting to work with as most of what you are showing is non structural. Under the window is a bit nasty tho, got to remove the window, to weld, which is doable.
Paying someone to rid the rust would be exy if they have integrity. Diy is time and love, depends on your lifestyle, work, family commitments, tools and workshop facility if any. You have a new hobby! If diy, build confidence on the front fender (check under where the battery sits) or door, bolt them off and clean it up, have a look, proper. Get a toyota fsm manual, you will need it for a car that age.
Body work as far as steel, welding and grinding is not too expensive compared to parts for running gear of drive line and engine. Paint is exy. I still prefer a solid colour buffed gloss to a clear gloss personally, one less step and easier to respray again. You have a clear gloss on top of colour.
Really beautiful thing about steel is that it is cheap compared to almost everything else. One piece of sheet metal goes along way. There is not too many curves on a 70 series. You could do one area at a time, to balance enjoyment of the vehicle, but put something on the rusty spots immediately to hinder it a bit. There is a million anti rust products, few really work long term besides vigilance. Big market; steel, paint and anti rust.
Of course you can't really see all the rust until you have a good dig though, Those pics are just what you can see, there shall be more..check rain gutter seams and the pillars at the front of your doors, especially where the rust is under the window. They are the worst sheet metal rust spots imo, front of doors.
Hawaii wouldn't have too many dealers of landcruiser parts I imagine. My mum is from Vanuatu, cars rust out very quick there from the salt. I don't drive on the beach anymore, salt really gets everywhere. Quickest way to rust a car.
It sucks when folks paint gloss over rust, they are liars. It will get worse as it is. Hopefully you didn't pay top dollar. Gotta admit , of all the aspects of working on old cars, panel work is not my favourite, compared to the mechanical stuff which is really interesting. A good body is probably the most valuable aspect of a car, but keeping a 4wd body in mint condition is a bit of a contradiction imo, they are meant to go off road.
Fight on, they are great cars. Amayama is pretty good for parts.
