Shift linkage was worn and sloppy.
Clean and weld up worn spots.
Grind it smooth and make it pretty.
About this time I was able to scrounge up a couple hundred dollars to spare so I went ahead and got my new gas tank and sending unit. When you shorten a long bed with the 20 gallon gas tank, you have to replace it with a 16 gallon short gas tank. Rockauto for all of it. Cheap really.
And bought some new rear shocks to finish off the rear flip kit.
Old junky window handles. New ones were cheap from Classic Parts. Door lock knobs too.
Powdercoated the original 6 inch wide steel wheels and installed the 5 dollar swap meet hubcaps. The rear tires were already on the truck. I just turned them around to be white letter in. The fronts are from Discount Tire and were 140 dollars per pair out the door. Remember this has to be cheap.
At the same time, I did new upper and lower ball joints, rebuilt the brake calipers, cut one coil from the front springs, and installed 3" DJM drop spindles from Summit (239 dollars delivered).