That's a sweet pickup.
I've got no real interest in making my truck or any old car EXACTLY as it was when it was new. My interest lies in making them look, sound and perform like I want them to. Some guys like the mods I've pulled off and some guys don't. I've never owned a car or truck that was so nice that all I could do with it was push it on and off a trailer and collect my trophies and tell guys "thanks" when they tell me how they like what I've done with it....And I probably never will.
I'm sure that if a sanctioning body was established that laid out guidelines for what was a "correct" restoration, there would be individuals that would strive to create the perfect "correct" resto....I would not be one of them. I'm personaly more interested in seeing trucks that are built correctly. By correctly I mean no cobbled up pieces of rolling scrap. No death rigs and rolling buckets of body filler. Show me a truck that turns heads and still turns five, ten or fifteen thousand miles a year on the odometer and I will be impressed. Show me a survivor that's never had anything done but the upkeep required to keep it on the road and I will be impressed. Show me an old ratty looking pickup with an owner that has the confidence to get behind the wheel and drive it anywhere, and I will be impressed. Introduce me to the guy who inherited his truck from a close relative and wants to keep it exactly as it was when it came to his possesion (right down to the tacky JC whitney/pep boys accessories that whomever it was inherited it from installed) and I will be impressed.
Long story short...My opinion doesn't mean squat. Don't worry about who thinks your truck is correct. Build it like you want it. In the meantime...I guess we'll continue to police ourselves concerning what is and is not correct on these old trucks.
Don't mind me.....