Just to foot stomp all of the above... Especially Mike B's spot on comments. But to synopsize (and to throw some cold water out there before this gets too far out of control) further, I only offer this as food for thought (and assuming your location means Baltimore, and with the further caveat that while I am by no means an expert in any of this and actually a pretty sorry mechanic, I have been running this web site for 25 years ... in 3 more days ... and have seen a lot of projects come and go):
Am I correct in assuming you have not yet driven this truck out in traffic or on any public access road?
Your Option A, IMHO, is not achievable. For a truck of that vintage, "All original" or even "mostly original" and "Daily Driver" are mutually exclusive -- Pick *one* Especially in a traffic environment like Baltimore City/County. Within the city limits ... no way would I contemplate running a vintage vehicle as a daily driver. Outside of the city limits would have its challenges, as well. Ask Billy Marlow -- He has considerable experience driving larger vintage vehicles in that region. You could try it, but I suspect you will quickly abandon this plan.
Your Option B will require Time, Funding and Expertise in copious amounts -- do you possess these or at last have access to them? Frankly, pre-War trucks (especially big ones) require a lot of modification before they are suitable for daily use.
My recommendation is to keep it original (for now, you can always modify later... but its only original once), get it running and driving safely and reliably and just enjoy it while you get to know it as is. The truck *will* tell you if it should get modified into a daily driver or not ...
And BTW, there are a lot of us in the PA/MD/VA region and we get together a lot. Check out the Old Dominion Stovebolt Society forum below this one (scroll down).
Welcome aboard!
John
