How close could you get the car if you did a road trip from where it is to where you are ? I am having flashes of Vanishing point right now........
The problem is this , Panama puts a tax on any car imported , generally 30% of the value , not an appraisal or bill of sale but their determined value , so being 40 years old they could value it at $2000 or they may have watched BJ & assess it at $250,000 , I am trying to find out what the taxes would be before bringing it here but so far I have had no luck finding a contact in customs that can give me a value !
As far as driving it you would have to drive through Mexico & Honduras , everyone knows about Mexicos problems but Honduras is far more dangerous with 8800 murders / year which is more dangerous than Afganistan so the car needs to be shipped