Thats a good budget. Last year a customer of mines found a 70k low km 1990 AWD for $9k. Super clean, all stock, original paint, 0 dings, never winter driven, single owner and lady owned since 1990. I've had the pleasure of working on it since he bought it.

Apparently these still exist and expect to pay around that much or more for a super clean 1G DSM. Go onto any of the Facebook DSM groups, and you'll see all the cheap assess losing their sh!t everytime another 1G DSM goes for $10k+ USD these days.

I actually noticed a unique pattern. People who can't afford it are the ones who spend more time on the internet yapping away at why no body should spend that kind of money when they bought their hacked up DSM for $500.

Then we got people like you who will cough up $15k for a nice clean DSM. Guess what, if I didn't own a DSM right now, would be a no brainer for me to spend that kind of money on a clean one. Good luck, I'm sure you'll find it soon