I have a patina truck which is my daily driver and very mechanically sound, no rusted through areas. I have upgraded to a '53 235 and a T-5 transmission, which are not huge expenditures.
Every year I ponder what would be the price which someone could offer that I could not refuse. I'll just say that it goes up every year by $1,000. Several years ago my "can't turn down" price was $13,000. That was several years ago. You do the math.
Trucks like yours and mine are getting harder and harder to find every year. It isn't getting any cheaper to bring them up to this condition as years go by.
