I'd agree with a wide search. If you find one you're interested in, see if someone nearby can take a preliminary look for you. I've done it a few times for purchasing from another state.
That's weird. Seems to me it would be the best place to buy a vehicle sight-unseen and ship it to the mainland, what with all of the photos they require.
I can't believe the number of low-mile trucks that have popped up for sale lately. When I first started looking for a Typhoon 20 years ago, I felt a need to get one quickly before all of the low-mileage trucks disappeared. Someone on this forum told me that there will always be low-mileage...
Welcome! They have been increasing in value a lot lately. There are still plenty of Typhoons that sell for less than $20k, but they are the higher-mileage, less-perfect examples that would never make it to an auction house.
My Ty has only seen salt once, and it was on a trailer for that drive, and washed right afterward. It looks pretty similar underneath. I think even high humidity can have an effect on the chassis components.