Agreed with all above. Fluid choice is important for the auto trans if you decide to do changes... Mitsu brand SPII is the stuff to get.

Otherwise, if looked after the engine should still have lots of life left in it. Parts are not that hard to get. Heck, I'm able to find parts in Canada, where we didn't get the second gen Montero at all.

Crawl around underneath it, and appreciate the sheer size of the diffs, the ujoints... these things are overbuilt. Watch the news, and note the rigs that are in the middle of war zones, where roads are sketchy or non-existent - Landcruisers, G-Wagens, Defenders, and Pajeros (Monteros).

I think you have found an underrrated gem, and if you give it a chance, you'll find you are happy that you did!