New to site,,,, 1957 Pickup, where to go now

[jmastersinc]

Hi all, new to this site but I dig it. Picking up this 1957 3/4 ton long bed this week. I already have some plans for it such as;
1- shorten it to a short bed

2- graft on some sort of modern-er frount end

3- either build the wee out of the 235 I6 (always wanted to give it a shot) or drop in this Vortech 5.7 and trannie I have

4- I have had this 9" with disk brakes for years and might finialy have a home for it

I have questions on all of these and maybe there is some threads you can point me to that some of the members have already done and posted about? Espically making it a short bed. Thanks and GREAT SITE!!!