I see your Gallery posting has been out there for a while. I hope you have this truck on the road. I bought a 54 2 and 1/2 years ago. I chuckled at your comment it does not look as good as it does in the pictures. I know where you are coming from. I love the truck the way it looks. I am happy with mine as a "dirty driver". My daily driver finally died on me a few weeks ago. I was forced to use my 54 as a daily driver for about 2 weeks until I found something else. I seriously considered adopting the 54 as my daily driver and might have done so if it wasn't for the fact the two weeks I was driving it the weather turn very hot and humid. Going done the road is fine but when I had to stop in traffic I started missing my air conditioning. I also have the original drive train and not being able to travel on the interstate has it's own challenges. Best of luck with your build.

Dave from Northern Kentucky
My 54 3100