I think that if this is a running rat rod truck, driven locally , leave it alone- you will never realize any gains from the $$$$$$$$$$ you will be spending and if you take it apart to do work on it that your brother can't afford (you need to help him out), you will find that the length of time to complete this will be unbearable and ------------------

It would be much different if it was a daily driver that needed dependability to get to work, school, etc and was used for needed long distance trips to visit family, etc--------but, its a rat rod truck----------you should see my 14 year old rusting Ford F350 with 600k miles----Pat has seen it-----