Clock is Ticking - Where to Start?

[bluec10]

I grew up with a 68 C-10 farm truck. Nothing special - a basic truck with a 250 and three on the tree. I spent hours in that truck with my dad and was very attached to it.

When he retired from farming he gave me the truck. By then, it was just too far gone to restore. I harvested as many parts that I could and started looking for another truck. As luck would have it, my dad found a 69 GMC at an estate sale and I bought it. Only 34,000 original miles, moulding package, and had a poker straight body. I fixed the rusty cab corners and rockers and have kept it going for 25 years.

I’m 56 and am starting to feel that the restoration project is entering the “now or never” stage. I love working on it, but I’m feeling overwhelmed about where to start. Do I rebuild the 4-bolt small block I’ve been saving or look at an LS swap? Engine first or body first?

Many of you know what I’m talking about - where did you start?