Slowly making progress on some little tasks around the truck:
1) Installed a new battery tray (old one was lost to the typical rust in that area. The radiator support had a bit as well, but I'm not going to worry about it for now)
2) New heater core housings (thanks Smitty) since the old one split apart when I pulled it away from the firewall
3) New radiator support bushings (as you can see, the old ones were pretty shot):
4) New driveshaft. Drilling/grinding out the rivets of the carrier bearing bracket was a real pain in the butt!
5) Installed the old tailgate back on, with a new set of trunnions:
Next up is the carb and intake. I gave up on the Edelbrock carb and found a deal on a Performer RPM Air-gap intake/Demon carb combo. Stay tuned.