Switched to the dark side

Picked this up yesterday-

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1996, 3.4, auto, 154k miles. Timing belt and water pump done at 120k, new BFGs. The guy was retired NYPD and LOVED bondo and black spray paint, but at least he slowed the rust down. Frame is good, door sills need to be replaced with metal instead of bondo. Plan is to clean it up well (maybe try and get the spray bomb job off the bed with some paint thinner), and see if this Toyota reliability is a thing.