New Member - 73 C20 Project

[Gotham84]

Good morning all. I just recently joined the page and have been looking at threads and builds, this is an awesome page! I have a '73 C20 with a dually rear end. This truck was bought brand new by my Grandpa's brother and then my Grandpa bought it from him in '81 and i acquired it from him in '01. Its been used as a work truck its whole life and is in pretty rough shape, a lot of people may say its not worth saving, but there's too much sentimental value.

As far as how i want to build it, thats still up in the air a bit. I believe i'm going to do some sort of light "resto-mod." One of my first questions is about lowering it. I've read a bunch of threads and see that a lot of people are doing drop spindles and cutting the coil up front and the read is usually a flip kit and a notch of the frame. That part is pretty simple, but i'm wondering what the ride quality is like? I'm not afraid to throw more money at it to make the ride better. Would getting rid of the leaf springs in the back be a better option? I plan on doing a build thread once I start, but I want to do all my research first.

Thanks in advance for the help!