IF it was me & I was looking for a "forever PU", I'd find a 6.0 Ford with a BAD motor & drop a Cummins 4BT or a 12-valve 6BT into it. =====> You'll get sick of looking at it eventually but you won't wear it out in decades.
(A member of our truck club has over 700,000 miles on a "FUMMINS" that he dropped a 4BT into with a 5-speed ZF.)

yours, tex


"VICTORY OR DEATH"

William Barrett Travis, Lt.Col., comdt.
Fortress of The Alamo, Bejar
F'by 24, 1836