There's plenty of options available to you,it just depends how far you want to go and how deep your pockets are.
Plenty of folks here stick with what's there but just change the rear end ratio as SWEET mentions.
That'll give you reasonable highway cruising ability,without breaking the bank.
Try a search and you'll open up a regularly discussed topic.


1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland
In the Stovebolt Gallery
More pix on Flickr.
I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings
"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.