what to do

[camjck89]

hello im pretty new to this truck and this forum, ive only made a few threads. im in my early twenties and ive owned a straight 6 jeep and currnetly a 4 cyl 89 toyota. ive honestly never had to buy parts for a v8. ive had formal and informal education in body repair and work well mechanically. however i dont know much about engine building and am willin to learn just get lost sometimes. i have a 72 c10 that i got from my stepmothers family and its always been a farm truck. and the body shows. i sort of want to do a functional junker, almost like a rat rod but a rat rod has straight fenders. mainly just want this truck to run great and drive well and also be strong. Im going to take off the quadrajet and the manifold and get new ones. dont know if its worth it to port and polish the heads and upgrade the cam( Cause right now im not doing any bottom end work) Oh yea by the way the truck has 86k orig miles so im thinkin thats a good platform. tell me any ideas sugestions or advice ect.