Is it worth it?

[wakeboarddrumma]

Alright, as some of you know i have a 68 C-10 fleetside. It has a pretty good paintjob as it is but this past week it has been in the shop to get a check up. So here is what it must have done now:
Brake canisters are leaking, and new pads are needed

new steering rods, and it'll need to be realigned after that

New gears in the steering (I guess this is closer to the steering wheel)

I believe thats all, but it might be more.. but all that is going to be 800$

That doesn't sound bad, but heres the kicker..
Thats just the stuff that MUST be done now. Apparently there is roughly 1200-1500 bucks worth of stuff i'll need to have done later, which is a lot of gaskets, the timing belt etc.. I think what i am going to do with stuff is get them to make a list, and then replace what I can, by myself. The reason i say that is because the labor is killing us for them.

So whats your take on it?
Thanks Chad