hi steve, welcome to the club

if you are going to be travelling long distances with your wife, stay away from models like the u900, theyre noisy, and dont have the most spacious cab

i personally would recommend a 1300L for you, a lot of them have just been released from army's all over the place, so there are plenty of them being broken for spares

you could also then get one with high ratio axles ( a lot of the military 1300L's had high ratio's) theyll make you part with a bit more money, but theyre a luxury well worth having. the 1300L is comfortable, and quite, and many of them have ambulance bodies on the back, which are good for turning into campers. the only disadvantage to a 1300L is really the pay load. the military models also have spent most of their lives being serviced to death and doing very few miles

they sometimes come with wading kits as well

any questions just ask
Brian