The plan currently is to make her a daily driver. I say that and yet I've never actually driven one of these old trucks. Still, my daily commute is less than 2 miles- so I think staying original for a while will be a good education. I just found 5 of the original 16" wheels for $100, so currently it seems I'm going the direction of restore. That could change, I really love this truck and just want to see her on the road (with me behind the wheel!) so if that means changing something to make it more practical, then so be it. But I don't have plans currently to modernize anything because I don't know what it's like to drive one the way they were!
Also, I was wondering if I should post questions in a specific area of this forum, or right here?