Hi! new guy here, been lurking for a while now while I've been waiting for the right truck to show up on CL to do some learnin' on what I'm in for.
Well, the right truck may have showed up, so I registered so I can pick your brains. Dunno if this would belong in the Paint and Body Shop section, or if this type of post is generally frowned on (of so, oops my bad)

All pics of the truck are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/114974669979148085566/65ChevyPickup

And I'm going to try to post some pics below; here's the general rundown:
1965 C10 longbed with big rear window & wood bed, ~48,000 on the truck, unknown mileage on the 250 L6 in it (72-77 according to the casting #).
truck - front
Starts & runs good, 3 speed on the column shifts good.
The truck has the rat rod look going for it, but overall is decent and solid. My biggest concern is the rust that is along the entire roof:
truck roof

roof 2

Do you all think it would be possible to get by for a year or 2 by fixing the roof with some POR patch or something similar? I figure the best thing to do would be swap out a rust free roof or cab, but I don't see that happening anytime soon with an 8 month old running around the house smile
The guy is asking $1650 for this, I was thinking of offering him $1400.

Thanks for any input/advice, hope to pick this up within the next week...