Chop it up or go all original?

[chevyman95]

I am fixing up a 1952 Chevy short bed pickup I just picked up this week. (don't have any pics will get soon) It came with an extra cab as the cab on it right now is pretty rusty. It is pretty beat and has a lot of surface rust but not very much really bad rust and it is very original, no one has hacked it up at all, it has the original motor and trans and all. I would really like to stick it on an s10 frame with a 5.3l and a floor shift 5 speed. I don't want to hack up a truck this original though and just use the body and interior. I don't mind putting it back to original stock but that seems like it will be pretty expensive. I am eventually going to sell this to move on to another project though and I have to think about resale value as well. What do you guys think?