Just my opinion, and everyone has one. When I started on my truck, I intended to keep it original. After spending big money, and time rebuilding the entire chassis, the first road trip, 300 miles, I had a heart stopping moment in heavy traffic on I35 in OKC. Even though new, it took every thing it had and a lot of luck to get it whoa'd down. I'm now running 87' model chassis, 98' Vortech, and 91' T5. Nice to love my truck again, and if I had done this to begin with, it would be closer to being finished, with expenses once. BTW...when I. Tried to sell the original front end, it sat in the shop for several years, and eventually went to the scrap yard. I drive it all over the country now, and even pull a teardrop camper with it. Again, different strokes for different folks.
