sourced what feels like a million parts, and a bunch of steel
trying to find this guy thats got a rust free shortbed, might go that way if I can work a deal, theres also a free flatbed at work, but it needs some love. going to pressure wash the motor and underneath tomorrow to get a better idea of what i am working with. the po's horrible spray bomb is buggin, flat black on top of gloss white.
once it warms up i should have the rust addressed then I am going to bomb it with od green.
on the downside, the steering box has lots of slop, so it needs replacing, noticed the box was welded to the frame so I probally have to take the front clip off to get to the welds.
overall I am very happy, going to keep the truck and build it into something. one thing I don't want to do is make it nice, can't really explain what I mean by that but I want to keep this very utilitarian.
thanks everyone for the kind words