should my friend buy this truck?

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I have a friend and we've just started rebuilding his 72 fleetside longbed. Well he's always wanted to convert it to a shortbed and he has the possibility of buying one. All I know is that it's a '72 short bed but doesn't have an engine (which is fine) and they're asking 1800 for it. My friend asked if they'd take 1600 for it just to find out I guess. Is 1600-1800 worth it? I have a picture but I don't know how to get it on here. It doesn't look bad and looks like they've primered the truck (so maybe they did some body work too). But I really don't know a ton about these trucks (I have an s-10).
Also my other question is did 67-72 trucks all come with coil springs in the rear or did some of them have leafsprings?
Thanks in advance for all your help.