Just keep plugging away and the light at the end of the tunnel will get brighter. ( this from a lazy sob enjoying the winter in So Cal.)
I have been planning what to do to the 62 when I get home, since I made the comittment to you that it would be at the show in June. Replace the rusted fenders and get the out of prov. inspection.
The last year 261 runs well, all brake components are new, front end is tight, it should pass. We are off to the truck shop in Orange in a few weeks, need anything? I am going to get a 18in six blade fan for the 55 , it runs hot on a 28 / 30c day that might help.
You two guys each have "as new" trucks mine are more "as used". But they are all Stovebolts!