1985 C10 350 2WD Short bed - Official Project Thread

[SKarpenz]

Since I never started an official thread for my project, here it is. Paid $500 for it under the assumption that the clutch was bad. Well, the clutch is fine, it just need the cylinders replaced, but now I have a problem with the trans I cannot diagnose. (See here for the trans help thread) It has a bit of rust on the cab, but the bed is SOLID (see pic, haha) as well as the frame.

My plans are around 9" of lowering in the rear and 5-6" in the front with some 15x8" Cragars. Nothing fancy, I like plain trucks. I'm a 2nd year paint and body student with my own little shop and I plan to get this truck "fixed up" by the end of this year with a nice two-tone job.

Any suggestions are always welcome, and I'll definitely help around here as much as I can.