Thoughts on altering a survivor truck

[gmachinz]

If its low optioned I dont see any problem modifying it. imo the trucks worth keeping all stock are ones with some odd options you dont see every day. For example, about 6 years ago I went with my father in law to look at a 74 Cheyenne Super C20 with only 52K actual miles showing. Guy was asking $3900 for it which before seeing it I thought whoa thats too much for a 2WD truck. Then we seen this truck....��

So besides being a factory 454-TH400 truck with working R12 air still, it also had a FLAWLESS tan/brown bucket seat/console interior, perfect woodgrain trim on cluster bezel, door panels, had dual tanks, factory tach-even the carpet still looked new! I couldnt believe how nice it was! The box was still pristine-had a dealer installed topper on it since it was new...had dealer installed overload springs on the back, 4.10 posi rear...just an incredible truck.

But alas, my father in law passed on buying it. I already had several irons in the fire myself (and truck prices hadnt taken off yet) so while it was nice, it wasnt a 4x4.

Fast forward a few months and we seen that same truck sitting on a corner with the box loaded to the top with sweet corn! Whoever did buy used it as a hauler for selling sweet corn-I can only imagine how beat up that pristine bucket seat interior has got to be by now ��.
Even being 2 WD it would have made an awesome survivor.