10's on $5,000 ?

PRH said
Sounds like that truck is too nice to cut up.

Clean it up, put a street friendly 360 or SB stroker in it and drive it.

Keep searching for a candidate you can cut up without cringing.

The only cutting I'll do is cutting out some rust spots. For now it is ligher because of the missing metal.

It already has a 5.9 magnum that is running good it just is being a pain in the butt with the cooling system.

I would maybe add some cam and headers and do the intake mods. A stroker would great.

It is a nice driving truck but sometimes the four wheel drive does not engage when you first try.