I had finally resolved with myself that I was going to hoard some cash and get serious about the cars I truly want: my Cosworth 190E and my '89 Isuzu Trooper RS. Downsize, sell off cars you don't love, fix the rust on the Cossie and the Trooper, and drive them. That's the mission, no deviation from course.
Then I go on Facebook and see some guy trying to unload a Mitsubishi Delica 4x4 with "rust issues" that of course means nothing to someone living in the snow belt of New England but look like joy-killing cancer to someone living south of the Mason-Dixon. Yes, this is one of those vehicles I have had an on-again, off-again desire to own, but I know it'll be back into the rabbit hole of importing parts and waiting weeks for a repair.
....but as far as Delicas go, this one is cheap - $13,000 - and there's perhaps some more room to bargain if you make the rust out to be something abhorrent that you can't stomach the thought of living with.
What needs to happen is the LX450 should be (quickly) refreshed and used for an inaugural camping trip on the beach before Labor Day so I can vanquish these demons immediately and finish two projects that have been on the proverbial back-burner since 2018. Not that I've been successful in that mission to date.