Small update:
Found some spare hours to work on the engine and bed:
Engine update: Engine turns over with the starter pretty easily. Cleaned and gaped the points/ New coil/ spark plugs/ ballast resistor, some gas dumped down the carb... nope... nothing yet. I guess ill replace the plug wires, condenser and points and try again. The spark at the plugs seems awful weak. I'm no engine mechanic and it shows.
Bed: Little bigger updates here. Spent some time replacing some sheet metal in the rear stake pockets. This was badly needed so i have something to bolt the new tailgate and rear valance to.
Here are what i started with:
Little patch here and one there...
And mocking up the tailgate so i can try to get the spacing right to drill the holes for the rear valance:
