Read your Gallery report on the "new" truck and see that you got a quick baptism in AD brakes. You do know that the "parking" brake is also an "emergency" brake don't you? But I guess that didn't work either. You may find out that $7,000 truck would have been a better buy. However it sounds like restoration is in your blood and this is your hobby. If that is the case, you will have much more fun "bonding" with this truck. Good luck, hang around here and you'll learn a bunch from these guys.
I love restoration but like my page reads, I am a boat guy first ever time with a truck or any automobile. I knew the parking brake was also the E brake but it doesn't work either as you assumed. a 7k truck would have been a smarter/better buy but when all is said and done and I pass the truck down its gonna be nice to say I did it all ya know?