If it's not far from you, pull the upper timing cover and check the condition of the belt. bring some hose and a gallon of diesel. Fire it up and hear it idle and give it a few revs, even cold it shouldn't ash much. Then if it's all good, runs nice and doesn't piss oil or fuel out it's worth the price, do a timing job and run it.

1999 Montero SAS'd on Kings and stuff

1998 Montero trying to get a V8 Swapped