Found another Cherry truck - in a search for a new project

[Mountain Man]

I found an all original 68 C10 long box, that I will go look at later this week. It is 99.9% rust free, and by the pic , I believe the owner. It is all red with the white 68 front grille, and chrome inserts. It is original paint, and looks great in the pic at least.

Price is $4,000 cdn.
Options include, guage cluster (no tach), 307 V8, TH400 tranny, wood bed. Interior is suppost to be all original, and guages work. Only engine mod is adding of 4bbl intake and carb. It had radio delete, but apparantely p/o put a din chassis CD in the dash. Too bad.

What rear end ratio would this unit likely have?

In the boards opinion, how collectable is a 68 C10 longbed that is all original and numbers matching. If I do a complete restoration, do you think it is worth it.

Im thinking, a rust free cab is almost non existant in Alberta, but then I found two this last week alone.

This truck is much more attractive to me than the 67 long step that I found.