Mid Week Match-Up: Truck For Nathan

It is Wednesday, so that means time for another episode of our reader's favorite game of pin the tail on the donk --  Mid Week Match-Up!  This week's MWMU request comes from Nathan who writes:

I have been feeling the need for a truck. I am a Vermonter and my current ride is a 2007 Saab 9-3 Aero SportCombi with a light tune (320hp, 360lbft) which has been equal parts reliable and fun, with multiple Jeeps over the years on the side. As a home-owner and avid DIY guy it would be so much easier to have a vehicle with a useful bed and medium duty towing abilities. I have plans to replace a bunch of clapboard siding, haul/tow a trailer to transport materials (yards of stone/fill/building materials), appliances/etc, and hopefully drag an old motorcycle or two home while I am at it. I am a fairly staunch 'row your own' driver with a love for forced compression. I would also like this vehicle to have 4wd and reasonable off-road prowess. Enough here to rule out basically everything on the market in stock form? Probably. I have been shopping for manual, V6 Tacomas of the lightly used variety (2012+) but good examples with reasonable mileage-price combos are 'unobtanium'. 

5k: Apocalypse Shmapocalypse: 1974 Pinzgauer 710M

The Pinzgauer was born in Graz, Austria, the product of European light troop transportation needs as fulfilled by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG from 1971 to 2000.  Today, a used Pinzgauer is a great way to pick up a good off-roading troop transport for the family man with lots of kids or for someone who is still a kid.  Find this 1974 Pinzgauer 710 offered for $6,900 in Prescott, AZ via craigslist.