On my son's '46, we're leaning toward a "driveable resto", meaning upgrading the brakes all around, dual master cylinder, highway gears, a 235, and perhaps air conditioning. We were going to rod it with an all-Mopar drivetrain, primarily to chap those put-a-350-in-it-regardless-of-make types (I hate seeing a Chevy-powered Ford, Mopar, Studebaker, whatever at car shows!!!), but since I have a '71 Dodge D-100 also, that 440 I have in the shop is going in it.
Build it for you and no one else. If someone else digs what you've done to your truck, cool! If they [censored] and nit-pick, then tell them to stuff it.
