Your advice to Barbara re buying a ‘local’ 4x4 truck was good, however, your brand sense was wrong. I live and travel in the Caribbean and CA. There are very few ‘vintage’ US made vehicles down here. She will be much more likely to find an older Mitsubishi or Toyota truck, and the locals do have parts and repair know-how.
Um, Tom and Ray don’t normally come around here. Maybe sent them a note or an email.
In this forum, there is another topic, “The Show” that the Boyz MIGHT glance at if things get slow at the shop…
Toyota and Nissan RULE the third world. Don’t try to import anything until you know what you are getting into…