My 1960 Project Starting

[Thiessen1960]

So I have a 1960 Chevy C10 short box. It was owned by my grandpa since 1962. Dad tore it down to a frame on a cab back in 1988, then I came along and put a halt to him restoring it. Here we are many years later and I have inherited the truck. So far I just got the cab off to have the front and rear supports replaced and the front floor pans. Amazingly everything else was fairly good on the cab. I plan to keep the torsion bar front, rebuild it with a kit from CPP, but swap to 1963 hubs I found at a local scrap yard. I will upgrade it to a dual master cylinder, and found a T5 to put behind the good running 235 I managed to find locally. My questions for everyone is, would you keep the original hood? It is in good shape with only two or three small dents. The box will be a short box with the spare tire carrier in it. One of my other questions is I have a good running rear end from another 60 as mine has sat for many years, or would you swap in a 65 12 bolt rear end? Turns out my dad stole it from another truck many many years ago because it is a posi with 3.73 gearing in it. I know I would have to swap the perches and the panhard bar mount. Trying to have it on the road for July this year which is when we have a show in town here. Thanks in advance. Pictures to come soon.