i thought i would have more time to play with this, but been shovelin' snow, and more snow....
engine and tranny crossmembers located and in and got most of the front susp in
and yeah, that is a '65 stepper under some of them parts. surprisingly won it on fleabay for $28 bucks to my door, which for us is a pretty decent price with our buck in the toilet. hoping to collect enuff parts to do (drum roll please...) a 1 ton crew cab dually 4x4 before i finish the wrecker and the '41