Big hello and is this a decent deal

[bowersk]

Hi fellers. Just dropping by to get some advice from the experts. Family friend in Texas wants $3k for this truck like it sits. Im just looking for something to spend about 5 years worth of spare time on with my son. Guy claims he has close to 10k in the motor itself and Im not sure if I believe him or not. I know he's a hell of alot better engine builder than body man (airplane stripper) because he builds racing motors for modified stock cars and claims to have used alot of those same parts in this motor. Body is completely straight, only surface rust on undercarriage, unknown mileage but that doesnt matter to me. He started the motor and it definitely sounds hot but it is not to the point where I can drive it obviously. Says it has a 350 turbo tranny with a 4500 stall converter but I cannot confirm that until i see the paperwork. He has all the parts to put it back together including some sort of wing window removal / power windows kit. Either way, by the looks of it, putting it back together would only happen after I took it all the way back apart. I have a thing for shiny black frames. Let me know if you think this is a good deal or not. Im going to post a few more pics below.