We are taking all design ideas and input on which direction to go with it. The build team is going to meet October 7th and sort through everything and pick what we decide is the best build idea (not necessarily the coolest due to all the factors you mentioned and others we may run into). So far we have the truck, the shop to do the build, a good start on a build team, and we are into it for $50 for title transfer and a couple cups of coffee. Not a bad start.
My preference is a resto-mod that will keep close to the original looks while making somebody a very cool daily driver. I only get 1 vote though, so there is no telling what we will settle on when the dust clears.
