[markeb01]

Welcome to the forum, and congrats on what sounds like a great deal. Hard to find any 60-66 that doesn't need rust repairs. Restoring it to driver quality stock is generally the least expensive approach. It you repair and preserve now, you can always do more modifications later on as the budget allows. Be careful not to disassemble too much at once, try to do small portions or projects that can be completed over a weekend. It becomes more difficult to maintain enthusiasm for a pile of parts that originally started out as a running truck.