Does a shortened long bed command short bed money

[LT1 Burb]

So I kind of have a dilemma and need some input. I am going to restore one of my trucks and end up with a BBW AC SWB fleet but my fully loaded longbed is by far the better truck. It has no speaker holes or rust in the cab that I need to fix and has all the PS, PB auto parts in it, as is it is a driver. My shortbed however will need everything and needs speaker holes fixed and rusty floors fixed. I also was going to take the parts I needed off of the longbed and replace them with non correct parts, IE trans etc and then sell off the truck. I maybe better off just using my shortbed an shortening the frame on my LWB. If any of you guys were looking at a fully loaded SWB truck would the C154 VIN scare you off , and I am talking in the 20+k range. I am undecided on what to do but one of these trucks will be sold off either complete or incomplete when one is finished.