A series of episodes on Trucks TV program did exactly what you want to do. The finished project was to be a daily driver and was light green.
I don't have a link to it, but you can get the info on Powerblock TV website. They went step by step, so should be a good info source.
Try this.
http://www.powerblocktv.comGo to Shows - Trucks - Builds
about half way down '66 C-10
you can watch the whole episodes.