Dan,
You are obviously getting a slew of mixed reviews. You would never be wasting your time with something like this. This is nothing compared to what I have seen or worked on or would be willing to work on. It seems like some of these guys are spoiled with what they want in a truck. Sure it would be nice to not have to do so much metal work but c'mon, what do you expect for a truck that is in the 50's. This should be expected, these were work trucks, not garage babies. There is a truck very similar to this here in pittsburgh for 2500. So it just depends on what it is worth to you and if you have gone down this road before. The $500 dollar comments are a little low IMO. I mean it has all the glass, which the windshield alone would be worth atleast $200. Try buying one of them new and see how much that would run you. I don't prefer stepsides, so I feel like that would be a flaw for me, maybe not others. NO title could be a hassle. I always assume a title to be worth atleast 300, because to transfer one and or get one would, and just the value of it when all said in done, would be about that. So overall, I would offer 700 and then work up to 1000 and no more than 1200. If it were me, but it is not it is you. So I think the 500 and 3,000 are too far off, somewhere in between that. good luck