Go For It!!!
I brought my grandparents 64 home after it had sat in a field for over 20 years. Found a donor truck, took the sawzall to both of them, and made a new truck out of the two. I'm no bodyman or expert in any sense of the word, but you'll have a hard time finding where I made the cuts and did the welds. These old trucks are so forgiving in every aspect of how they are built, and the end result of caring, attentive, restoration or rebuilding one of them, is amazing. The time and money I've invested in getting my old truck back on the road has been the best "Therapy" I could have hoped for since my accident. Just roll up your sleeves and Go For It. There are so many people around this site that have the same affliction for old iron as yourself, you'll not run into any project in the rebuild that can't be worked through with the help from all of those people. When you're done, you'll be riding in something that most folks can only wish for. Something that has some "soul". Good luck and ask LOT of questions.