Another oddball build 1953 IH I110 pickup

[old Rusty C10]

My wife has been after me for some time to build a fifties pickup in the hotrod state. She has put up with me and countless squarebodies, a 71 monte carlo and the shaggin wagon (that she despises, but supported me in the build) so i figured being that she wants the fifties pickup, id build it as her second classic vehicle. She has the 1966 Mustang i built for her just prior to getting married ( long story short her dad promised her the car when she graduated High School, never gave it to her, then when we were planning marriage she was struck by cancer and we had to postpone marriage for 6 years or so, so i decided to give her the car she always loved as a wedding gift)
I had lots of problems trying to find a fifties chevy truck that wasn't a complete rot box that had a title, and being we were going to modify it, my budget was around $3000. Months of scouring marketplace found me this 1953 International pickup. It looks surprisingly close to a chevy so i snuck out and bought it. Snagged it for $1500 with a title and the whole truck albeit in pieces and a new chevy 6 cyl motor
the goal is to mount it on a squarebody chassis which is a pretty dern near perfict fit she wants coil overs and four link and she wants alot of jewelry on it so all of the mechanics of it are going to be my choice, she gets to pick out the wheels and tires, accessories, interior and exterior colors etc.
I did a tow for a friend and scored a seventies c10 shortbed chassis and the demolition began