Thanks for a great read. I just "inherited" an '84 4x4, when my wife paid the tow bill to get our youngest's truck pulled out of a ravine. He traded the poor beat up, but still running truck (I bought it cheap for his first car, let the son-in-law drive it for a couple of years first) for what was a low mileage cream puff. Now I'm rebuilding a standard cab shortbed that currently has a straight tailgate, my wife says she'll drive it. Just started the search for donor body parts.