I know I'm just a female, but I have some thoughts on this too.
It's so exciting to find an old truck in the woods and the owner tells you it's free for the taking. Tony and I have found lots of them, but the extra work to do is not worth it. The first thing that will happen is when you try to pull it out, you will have about 4 pieces all ready for your "basket". The rust makes everything weak and stuff. Every door hing and movable part will be rusted in place. The dash has gauges missing so you will have to start from scratch there too.
So unless you have a life time devoted to that truck only, mega moneys, and nothing better to do, I'd use it for a lawn ornament like Barry Weeks has in his yard.
Tony started from scratch with my 51 and his 37 and they didn't have any rust. It was a LOT of work and I helped too.
look for Tony and Joys trucks The problem with started with something like your truck...you probably will get discouraged and never finish it. Hard to finish them in a "good" state of rust.
