put a bunch of miles running around on this thing today. met a guy at HF that has a 54 2 door, he stopped me and chatted, loved it! also stopped over to my neighbors and visited the green IH / Denali chassis. He loved it too (potential buyer in spring lol)
added a coolant recovery tank- this one was liking to spit coolant from rad cap port.
found PCV to driver site valve cover was unhooked and causing idle issues. glad that is resolved, was annoying last time i drove it.
added OBD port in cab
needs more ride hight in rear or slight frame notch to clear S10 calipers. they hit if you go over a bump or railroad tracks when on the gas. Maybe some bolt on coil over helper adjusable spring/shocks would be a fix if found for reasonably price. not sure short of new leaf springs or re arch what else could be a solution, but it needs to be fixed. would probably damage caliper mounts if you threw like 300lbs in the back and drove it.
otherwise, its a sweet machine on the road! lots of looks and waves today in the nice weather