I will post videos of the truck running before this thread is finished. Throttle linkage got resolved a couple of days ago... I think. Right now I'm waiting on a fan belt and fighting the brakes.
Spent yesterday replacing the wiper switch in the overhead panel (wipers now work) and attempting to bleed the brakes. I have an issue with the pedal/rod binding which wasn't present before, so currently the rod won't go deep enough to engage the front brake ports.
After that it's down to putting gas in the tank and looking/waiting for leaks...have been running the truck out of a jerry can, also need to verify that the alternator will charge the battery.
So very close, yet the truck is really fighting the last remaining items.