[old Rusty C10]

personally i like the longbeds.. i have had many over the years and i use em as work trucks.. as long as you have a truck there is always people willing to pay you to haul stuff and you can always make a few extra bucks with it.. my advice is to get a good unmollested truck that you can build the way you want to.. MY feelings on the stepside is its all looks and no function and the junkyard ressurection is probably going to give you alot of problems as well as be a real bad gas eater, not that any of these trucks could be mistaken for a honda hybrid at the pump, but a 454 will suck gas quicker than you could pump it in
my last project cost me $300 and im already into it for over a grand... have about three more grand going into it before its done but i started with a junky start.. sometimes it pays to sit and be patient to get a better base.. but its all according to what you want to do and how much work you really want to put into things