Tim, I went all the way to the frame myself. Used Eastwood's frame products and am happy with the results. Just wire brushed the loose rust away, used the rust preventive product and their Chassis Black paint. Looks like original. As far as body colors, I am doing my '53 in Burgundy Maroon body with black fenders and grill. That happened to be an optional color scheme in '53. I used the paint chip code for the two colors and had NAPA mix them in Martin Senour paint. Looks great! I don't know for sure what the color schemes were that were available for '52, but you might find that there were some two-tone options for that year like there were for '53. If you are interested in keeping to the original optional colors, I'd start with finding a paint chip chart for your year of truck and go from there. Good luck.
