good thoughts all around, thanks.
let me add that it must be "classic" meaning 1973 is the last year, much prefer 60s. I'll be dating with the car, so in the obvious absence of money, it must say "quirky" and maybe, cute. And that's the kind of woman I want to date anyway, rare that they may be. I could probably sell something and get a nice car, but I don't care much for nice cars, though I did put some new 325is heated leather seats in the 4Runner. No reason not to at least drive in comfort.
Finally, it just has to get me through the winter, the E will be done this spring.
As to rust driving through the winter, one of the first things I'll do is break out a quart of POR15 and the HPLV and have at it. I redid the entire front suspension and frame rails of the 4Runner last January, drove through 4 months of salt, never washed it, and still looks brand new, so the stuff works.