there was already a thread on this, i forgot what the verdict was but it was generally in your money range. also, my dad had a t-100 yea there ok trucks. the timing chain and i think head gaskets went out on them often, and people usually do swaps into them for more reliablilty, but they are hard to find since most use them as work trucks like doing landscapes and such. if i find the thread ill post it on here to help ya out
edit: found some threads.
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