Welcome dragger, sounds like you got the disease just like the rest of us. The price does a sound a bit on the high side. Up here in Canada, they're not too cheap either. I'm not much of a body man either, but I was able to trade work with a body man for for I could do for him. With the help from this forum, I got everything back together and so transformed a rusty old truck (as your wife would say) to a nice working truck. There's always a way to get where you want to go. Good luck! Leo