All very true
My truck in going through a frame-off-rebuild, not restoration.
I've been under a lot of pressure from hotrod friends for not doing every part exactly by the book. "do it now or regret it later" they all say.

My goals are to have a better working truck then before, without making it uglier then before I started.

Plus, it has to be a working truck that Im not afaid to abuse, otherwise I don't have a use for it.