Am I being too picky ?

[Pyrotechnic]

I've said this often but to make a long story short, last year someone ran into my 78 and totaled it. The insurance has been settled and I did get a decent amount of money back. I'm in college and there are 3 weeks of class left then I go back home to start working during the summer. I haven't had a vehicle all year but I NEED another 73-87 by the time summer starts. Why 73-87? There are tons of parts invested in the 78, many which are reusable and moving up a model, to a 88-98 would make all those parts useless and add lots of cost. Buying just any vehicle for transportation is a waste, because once that happens it's set in stone and theres little to no chance that I'll get what I want.

My dad and I have been searching for trucks all year, but every 73-87 we've looked at has been a piece of junk.

Some have been ghetto rigged to hell and have excessive rust, but even the nicest ones have rust in the rockers and cab corners, and all of them need the front end rebuilt. The front suspension rebuild is not a big deal, and most people never think of that anyway.

Are rusted cab corners and rockers just a fact of life when it comes to these trucks ? I'm just getting the feeling that being as picky as my dad and I are, that I'm not going to be getting another vehicle anytime soon.