Thanks for the welcome off-roader!

Yeah, after looking at Toasty's wife's 94SR, and talking with him at length about the DOHC vs. SOHC (as well as many other Montero related items) I'm happy I ended up with a DOHC as well. Heck, I'm happy to have one at all right now! Let alone in the color I wanted. Major bonus. Lucky twist of fate that I would be in Lloyd's neck of the woods right when it popped up in the paper. I'm going to re-gear to 4.90's at some point regardless of getting the better gear ratios of the two. I'm coming from the diesel truck world and want as much pull as I can get. When I went from 3.08 gears to 3.55 gears in my old Mustang, it was a pretty significant difference and to me will be worth the cost down the road to get the 4.90's. If the exchange rate gets better in the near future, I'll be getting a set of the Aussie gears as well budget permitting.

I have to admit, your rig is what started me on the whole Montero path since I started looking for what I wanted to build many months ago. When I saw the pic of your rig next to a Mercedes, and saw how sharp it looked I read as much as I could stuff in my head. Hoping I can turn mine into as nice a rig as you have built. Really looking forward to getting this thing built up and hitting the trails! Would like to make it out to your area at some point. Maybe the Sierra trip Lloyd tempted me with if I can arrange the funds and assistance to make that happen! I've never had the vehicle, or the terrain to do any serious wheeling being from the flat Midwest, so this is going to be an adventure for sure. Will be picking it up tomorrow, so I'll get some pics up when I can.