I know the truck is "rough" and I'm not going about this the typical "frame off" way, I do intend to do it right. It will probably all come back apart a few times before I'm done. I'm seriously thinking about selling my old Dodge wood/trailer pulling truck and making this one my *new* "older, but nicer" work truck. My dodge has a 440 in it that will get donated to my 73 Satellite.
...But I'll wait until the license run out on the dodge... Next Feb... before I make that decision final. It will be hard to give up the extended cab (tool storage), dual tanks and big block torque... but maybe I can get similar numbers out of this 350... I'm relatively new to chevys, but as many parts for 350's as there are around, I could probably come up with something stout enough for a reasonable price.