^ Good to see you back on the thread!
Basically what you're saying is you're all over the board from restoring an old vehicle, to buying a gently used relic, to an old used mini van to a compact SUV, to a new full size pickup...
There is volumes of dialogue just on this forum regarding about any vehicle you can imagine and everyone's opinion about what it's capable of or how it does or doesn't perform.
That seems like a good place to start.
Right now, any suggestions are people just chasing their tails trying to figure out where your brain is at.
The one pertinent piece of advice I can think of, is considering you're smack dab in the rust belt, if you're going old, go west or south to find a clean one.