Looking for advice and suggestions

[Pedro Bedard]

I'm asking you fellas who are more experience and wiser in these matters for some advice.
Here are some photos of a CMP C15a that I'm hoping to buy;
(that thing on the front is a snowblower, you can see the wires that held it on and adjusted the height/alignment of the blower. This will all be removed)



The fellow wants $1900.00 canadian for it. It runs and moves but probably needs an overhaul.
Now, my budget isn't large by any means so sweat equity is going to be my biggest contribution to this project. My wife and I own a small hobby/surplus store and I'm hoping to use this vehicle to bring gear and such to airsoft/paintball/milsim games and events around the city.
My eventual plan is to clean her up, sandblast and paint her, toss the old box and build a "troop carrier" type of box on the back with a tarp on top eventually.
So, I ask, is this doable within a reasonable amount of time and for a reasonable amount of money?
I thank you all for the input.
Pedro