Been a while but I made a big step today, I have the body complete now that I have a tailgate. It's a GMC gate that was straight but a little bumpy. It was cheap ($100) so I went for it for now. Had it blasted, put bedliner in the bed side and painted the rest. I got a decent driver quality "CHEVROLET" band with the gate, so cleaned that up and installed it. I'll be a functional gate that looks great from about 10 feet but it'll serve!
Got the stereo in so the interior looks complete now, just need some speakers.