Thanks for the encouragement. I'm really happy to have the 52. Lot's of rust underneath so I'll cut that out and replace the bad panels. I pulled the TF bed and sold it to a guy restoring his 56 so the TF bed will live on. I've got a 51 bed and picked up some rough rear fenders from a local salvage yard. I'll also keep the massive diamond plate rear bumper. The 50 235 is frozen up but I've got a rebuilt 53 235 with fresh paint ready to go. The rear spring mounts were moved out to accept a one ton rear axle. I've pulled that and replaced it with a stock 52 torque tube. Having a great time...plan to scrape and paint everything underneath and refinish the interior. Exterior will stay like it is except for new bed wood and of course new tires...there's my rat-resto..
