SWB fleet bed/ bed sides question

[steveshow]

(BTW, I live NW of Austin Texas). Here is my idea. I plan to build a SWB truck. I have a ‘72 Custom Deluxe LWB to start with. I also have a bare SWB frame. The driver bed side is perfect, the pass side has been side swiped, and someone cut the tail light area off this same side (donor for another truck?), good front sheet metal (even the pass fender, rad support and inner fender!) I recently came across a fellow parting out around a half dozen 68-72 Chevy trucks, mainly 71-72. One of my purchases was a perfect pass side LWB fleet bed side. I also bought a ‘68 fleet side bed for $100. The bed floor is in very good shape, with the only flaw being someone cut a hole about 1 ¼” in the middle for a gooseneck hitch (in a short bed!) HOWEVER, the bed sides are less than perfect. It looks like this was a true farm truck, and it was regularly taken through ditches (?) or maybe it was blow outs, as both lower bed sides behind the tires are rolled/ folded up. Also, the passenger side in front of the tire has a dent and about 5 lbs of Bondo. THE BED DOES NOT HAVE RUST THROUGH ANYWHERE, ONLY SURFACE RUST) I am thinking of cutting out at least the pass side and using it as a template to cut the good LWB side to fit, possibly doing the same to the driver side. Would this be easier than cutting down the whole LWB fleet bed to fit the SWB frame? I am also about 99% sure I will buy a 72 SWB rolling chassis (supposedly “rebuilt” rear with 3.73 open gears , SWB bed (better than the first I bought, but truck was rolled and repair to driver tail light area) and very nice Cheyenne Super tailgate ( not from same truck as chassis and bed) for $350. The problem is I got married a week ago. I have to decide if it is worth it to be in the dog house for another month when I drag it home. Women don’t understand “collectibles”. They see “junk”.