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Hi Clint, I just googled for a picture
'advanced design' 'big truck' 4x4
or something like that and scrolled through the images looking for the bigger wheel arch.

There are some posts on this site that detail the difference between 1/2ton and 1.5+ ton fenders and hood. They are a longer, fenders are taller and hood flatter, bigger wheel openings but not a lot wider. Back in the day big truck tires were taller but not much wider.

Somewhere is a build thread that used big truck front clip for a late model 2wd frame swap as the big truck sheet metal was wide enough to cover the wider 2wd front track. That part worked out, but then they had a big task reducing the wheel openings to look good and that included shortening the fenders and hood and grafting in 1/2 ton wheel openings. Widening half ton fenders might have been easier.

I think you will find that big tire 4x4 look is not going to be easy to get unless the fenders sit high over the tires and stick out past the lip - big truck fenders or not.

If you want a 45 mph dump truck and that truck is an easy fixer go for it.
If you want a modern performance dump truck you are going to have to throw away most of the running gear and figure out how to make newer stuff fit and the reality in the shop is going to be harder than pictures on the Internet might lead you to think.

The question about the dump lift is not answerable, without some details about, what kind of dump setup it is , how well it is currently put together. If it is a factory dump and not hacked up after 40 odd years use that is probably a good sign. But a lot of these trucks were sold as cab and chassis or fixed deck so the dump lift could be anything stuck together with any skill level.

the truck in the pictures looks worth saving