There guys up here with rolling frames for 200 or so, if I wrw you if buy a project truck for under 1000. Swap cabs take the best parts of the two and recompile you money parti g out what cha don't need. Up in Denver I can buy a truck for 600/1000. If you had to drop a grand on a project you could steal the frame and whatever else you needed ,then sell the rear slowly as ppl need ( someone is alway looking for this stuff, and the parts are common which means that although they r not rare they are in demand cause folks build them,and someone will need that's stuff )