Hey friends,
Just wanted to thank everyone for the tips and suggestions, and for answering my questions as I've been, as someone told me, "unicorn hunting". I'm excited as today I finally found what I was looking for in New Mexico and made my 1st Land Cruiser purchase, a '97 40th with lockers in Antique Sage. For its age, pretty good condition overall, clear coat is fading on one side, but fortunately no rust. It's missing the 3rd row seats, which is kind of a bummer, but I'm hoping someone here might have suggestions for how I might find some.
Anyway, it's now hanging out at my family's place until I can arrange shipping it back to NC, so I have a painful wait ahead of me, haha.
Can't wait to go camping and hit some beginner trails.