I have been following this thread since it first began, and now I wonder why no one has barged in and asked why in the world is someone spending so much time trying to fix this pile of heap?
The best answer I can come up with for "that guy", is why not?
The OP is learning a lot by "doing". Everyone else is learning along the way.
It has become like a book that you just can't put down.
(Books are those things which are made of mostly paper and have words in them.)
Carl

1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission