If you've got lots of time on your hands read this
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/dodgerestoration.htm
Must be the most comprehensive account of any restoration I've ever seen, fascinating!
Being a one-time trucker - sorry, lorry driver - I've tried for years to find a period transporter and only just missed an Austin 5-tonner on ebay a couple of years back, a single-seater team transporter hailing from 1959 which would have been perfect.