[PGSigns]

Well the first thing you need to do is pick what the main use of this truck is. The motor that make 700 is not going to run well on todays pump gas and may make it hard to do the road trips you talked about. You can run the number you want on 600 real HP and make it on pump gas. Bolt on fuel injection will make it much more drivable and help at the track also. A good tranny and converter is needed and I would put a 9" in it with clatracs and let it eat. The suggestion on good front springs and shocks is a good one. A no ac and no power anything truck weighs the least. Some things we have done for years to get weight out are things like light weight seats, pull the carpet and remove all the padding and sound insulation and put the carpet back, a fuel cell that is only as big as you need like 12 gallons. A smaller battery, no tail gate, a pin on hood, roll pans front and rear. It all ads up and a 100 pounds is a tenth off the et.
Jimmy