So,... the "quick and dirty" was to swap
Ginger's sheetmetal on to the former "Tootsie Roll" chassis,... add a fresh engine/trans. combo,... and drive it.
Piece of Cake,... right?
That was May of 2010.
Disassembly of
Ginger starts,...
The interior of the cab was really nice.
I have a dent in the LF fender I'm going to have to deal with.