New wheels?

Will you pray with me?
I have a line on a 1993 Toyota Land Cruiser that I'm thinking very seriously about purchasing. I really need a vehicle to get myself back and forth from Karamoja and this one seems like it would be up for the challenge. But it is a tough decision. I'll pay easily 6 times the amount I'd pay for something similar in the states so it is not a decision to be taken lightly. But I haven't seen it and I have to take the word of a Ugandan mechanic on its reliability. And there are other challenges. I'm not sure how to get to Kampala to pick it up and even physically getting the cash to pay for it.  (Banks, payment methods, none of it works like you are used to.) So, I just need some wisdom...