[Backtobasics]

So far:
New starter, battery cables (extra ground to motor), fuel pump, carburetor, battery, front shocks, tires, sway bar end links, and valve cover gasket.
She starts on command, first turn of the key. Humorously, and seriously, I have already dropped a lot of weight, cleaning the crap out from behind the seat, blasting the bed, and several hours pressuring washing underhood and the front suspension. She groaned like an old screen door, but I finally blasted her with 3 cans of degreaser, and several hours with the pressure washer.
I see some slop on water pump pulley, so it may be getting a new water pump sooner then later. If so I will probably do the electric fan while I am in there, for my convenience.
May skip the header for now, stock manifold doesn't look terrible. Going to talk to the exhaust guy up the road, looking for 2.25 or 2.5 from Y back, ditch the converter, through a Borla. Truck is a smoker at startup (valve stem seals and guides?) so putting a new converter in there so it can get oil contaminated seems a waste. Might put the 60-100 bucks somewhere else.