I gought #2 yellow pine for $56.00 from a lumber yard here in Tulsa, Ok painted it with chasis saver black looks fine to me what do you think ?
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...83248339_rLQkT
after paint:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...56429441_bZsJq
now your only problem is the metal strips i got mine form Mar -K