Thanks for the welcome. I'll post my question in the Big Bolts section.
As far as pictures, they are all on my server. I have never used photobucket but that seems to be the only way to post here so I created an account. Just cut and paste the links - I tried many ways to make a clickable link including using the tutorial at the start of this section and none worked.
Here is the '53 3100 - there are a few "before" pics showing the truck when I first bought it:
http://s1042.photobucket.com/user/58limited/library/1953 Chevy 3100 Next up - the '54 2 Ton. 23 pics in all:
http://s1042.photobucket.com/user/58limited/library/1954 Chevy 6400