we all will likely have more than new prices in our trucks. My 38 1.5 ton was about 800.00 new base price. I bought it for 500. back in the eightys and put about 700 more into it at that time.
i just purchased about 1700.00 worth of parts and did not get all the things i would like to have not to mention tires,body work and paint to go yet. you pretty much have to decide if it's worth it to YOU personally with out compareing it to original vehicle pricing or you'll go nuts.

I.ve heard it's cheaper to buy one restored than it is to restore one your self. ATHS auction in hutchinson this year certainly seemed to reflect that.

I had to replace the front outer bearing on the 38 and went with jim carters without doing much research. I tried the rock auto site but couldn't find the section for the vintage heavy duty trucks