& get three and get them half done. Then you can say you’ve built one and a half!
Seriously, consider getting a southern truck. It’ll take a little time and money, but the time and money will be much less than trying to revive an old rusty frozen relic. My son lives in New Jersey, I’m in Atlanta, and whenever he needs something like this, I find it down here and then it’s only one day and about $300 to drive it up there, and then he’s got the nicest truck of any of his buddies.
Search out a few on Craigslist. When there’s something to see, you can get a round-trip flight for about $300 give or take. Come down and check them out and pay for them if you’d like it, and either drive it back and lose the second half of the plane ticket, or, if it needs work, if you’re around me Atlanta I can point you to a couple shops that won’t rip you off to get it running well enough to get it home. I’m guessing 13-14 hours to Buffalo. I went to school in Ithaca, I’ve done it a few times.