The Mantis

[6 Door King]

Thanks again, for the replies. The fact that I have access to a fab shop and body shop (each owned by friends) means I can get materials at cost, or in my case thanks to new paint lines rolling out, I can demo products and be a guinea pig. While I am not going to cut corners, it will not be built with stainless bolts or chrome upgraded anything. I have access to a huge sandblaster, blast cabinet and snap on hand held blaster so all rust will be eliminated in one way or another. I DO NOT bondo over holes or rust, so any sheet metal will be replaced or properly patched and mud will be no thicker than 1/8 inch at any point. I would rather tap tap tap the metal into place than slap mud in the gaps. The frame work will be overdone for sure, I will not risk anyone's life in a barely stitched together death trap.
The "money issues" have been present since before I even bought this truck, I think it's more a slow project issue. So, I will entertain the idea of selling it until I have finished it, which will probably be a long way off. Aiming for the 8-10 neighborhood if I was to sell it, and plan to have about half that in it. Fortunately I have a head full of old trucks I've seen sitting, to potentially buy, and my father-in-law is supposed to have at least two on his property.
Owner of the GMC says he will be here in the morning to drop off my new parts truck. I will take plenty of pics before I tear into it and it ends up a pile of parts. Anything special on the GMCs especially hard to come by or that I need to avoid destroying?