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Here are pics of the 51 GMC 1ton I picked up last fall for $100 and the 50 Chev 1/2 ton I picked up last Sunday for free http://community.webshots.com/user/ChevyNut50
I was also given two 47-54 2tons from an uncle of mine and as soon as the 7 feet of snow that we got this past winter melts I hope to drag them out of the bush as well. The 5 window cab on the 50 chev is quite rusted out in the bottom so I was thinking of cutting off the top section with the windows and attaching it to one of the "big bolt" cabs which are quite rust free. Has anyone done this before? Whats the process etc?

There are two approaches I've heard of for making a regular cab into a 5-window cab.

Assuming you have a 5-window with the same windshield configuration as your '50, you can cut through the windshield posts, and cut the spot welds on the rear at the bottom edge of the cab on both trucks, and graft the roof and cab back from the 5-window to the good cab.

The other approach is to cut the outer skin an inch or so outside the edge of the corner windows, cut the spot welds in the rear windows and for the interior panels and then swap the 5-window parts into the standard cab, opening up the corner windows and either carefully trimming and butt-welding around the corner windows, or lap-welding and doing some metal finishing around those windows.

A third option is to buy new panels from Chevs of the Forties and install those panels.

Chevy Nut,
those are great photos. Your 51 GMC looks a lot like mine did except mine wasn't in that good a shape! The original "How to restore Your Chev Pickup" by Tom Brownell has some illustrations of grafting the 5 window on to a 3 window.