Jinxy's 69 C10 Short Bed - let the journey begin

[Jinxy81]

Hello everyone, I am new here on the forum but I have been lurking for a few years! My dad bough this 69 Chevy C10 2WD short bed over 20 years ago when he was in the Air Force. I remember him driving it up the driveway the day he got it! He started working on it, removing some rusty rockers and the cab that had rusted around the lip, and installed a new cab from a donor truck. That’s where it stopped. I got into go-kart racing and we spent quite a few years doing that, not to mention quite a bit of money.

So now, I’m going to take over funding the project of rebuilding the truck. We are going to do what work we can on it together and probably farm out the body/paint work. My main goal over the next few months is to remove the body, old engine/tranny, suspension etc and get it to the bare frame where I can start cleaning and prepping for suspension updates and painting the frame.

I do not want to go overboard on the suspension, but I would like to have a nice stance and handling without having to notch the frame or air bag it with 20” wheels. ECE is highly regarded on this website so I was thinking of the following and I would love to get some advice/thoughts on getting the rolling chassis set up first with the items below. If you think there are better or more cost effective methods please let me know!:

-ECE 4/6 drop kit 800.00
-ECE Trailing Arm and Crossmember Kit 689.00
-ECE Disk Brake Conversion 6 Lug 2.5 Drop w/Cross Drilled Rotors 999.00 (need to omit/adj price since the spindles are in the drop kit)
-ECE Rear Drum brake Rebuild Kit 239.00
-ECE Front Sway Bar Kit 169.00

I am also starting to research what I need to do to update the rear end as well. I know I will want 6 lug axles, but I am reading that its worth it to omit the c-clip set up and get a beafier retainer system? Suggestions on this along with what Posi to install?

Here are some pics of the truck....