For that price I'd honestly expect the issues you identified (sans the oil leak) to be sorted out. Oil leaks are common on these trucks.
I've never been in nor closely followed the market for NAS trucks. However it just feels to me like prices are coming down and that you can get something in...
There have been so many fluff pieces about Osprey over the last few years that you do have to go deep in the search to find the history. Luckily Google allows you to specify “- Osprey” to get rid of all that fluff when you search his name.
Back to one of your original questions - will it hold value compared to a Defender? Who knows as there’s really no data on which to draw a conclusion.
That being said, I would surmise that you would have a harder time reselling an Osprey than you would a comp-spec restored Defender just...
My understanding of this, which admittedly could be 100% wrong, is that this reg was really more targeted toward manufacturers who are truly building replicas - not what I assume Osprey is doing (importing and modifying).
All of the below is pure speculation...
I guess the benefit to this...
Who knows what he's actually doing - but there is this that allows companies to produce replica vehicles of designs older than 25 years.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/03/nhtsa-finalizes-low-volume-turnkey-replica-car-manufacturing-rule/
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