You all remember Mean Green?
Well I finally got a replacement (the Focus is blue, and so is the Micra so they don't count)
She's a 1994 Ranger XLT 4x4 with a 5 speed and the 4.0L V6. Runs strong and actually had a surprising bit of grunt. It's in awesome shape, just had a replacement transmission, clutch, etc... and it's damn quiet inside.
Total came to $1200 CDN

So now I have a truck and it cost me next to nothing