Well it's been a couple years but I'm back and a brought another truck with me.
This time I found myself a 1984 Chevrolet C10 Suburban with a 700R4 trans and a 6.2 diesel with 114 or 214 thousand miles that locked up due to a bad head gasket being left to sit. A/C, tan cloth interior (with a tan vinyl bench in front), cruise control, power locks, crank windows, power tailgate, quad headlights and very little rust, all for $1750.
Future plans include trying to free up the 6.2, then if it fires head gaskets and some small exterior rust patches and it should be close to road worthy again.