I've got two-cents to toss into this one too.
The older I get the more chronic health issues constrain what I can do. I very much enjoy driving old trucks but as my knees are deteriorating I think about an automatic transmission.
As my back problems have increased power steering seems a way to keep me behind the wheel of an old truck for more years.
I know a lot of people feel if you want it to drive like a new truck you should drive a new truck. I don't share that philosophy. Its the classic lines and look of the old truck, and the sense of nostalgia for times I associate with similar trucks that really attracted me to owning old trucks.
For me modernizing has limits. I usually think of modern as 70's technology though lately I have been considering a TBI motor for one of my projects. Those limits are based on what I'm comfortable working on.
Its your truck, you should do with it as you please. And while everyone is entitled to have an opinion of what you do, you have the right to ignore those opinions as long as you stay within the law and good sense (brakes, steering, lighting and such).
