thanks for all the advice...the truck really doesn't have sentimental value but I did search for this particular body style (60-63) short bed fleetside. my plans for this truck are to take my time with it I have other vehicles to drive and this is my only project so I plan on it being a 5-10 year project and have a set monthly budget for it. also the person doing the fab work is a friend with experience doing frame swaps on these trucks. just looking for as much advise for this project as possible. thanks again for the input....by the way I have been thinking of just refurbishing to original except for paint don't care for original color. Tahiti coral