Zero to Hero in 30 days?

 Laugh all you want but this is my dream truck. I paid $1000 for the "privilege" of owning this heap. Once I saw it I had to have it,a genuine 440 under the hood fulltime four-wheel drive  a 727 auto with 3.23 gears. My lust over the mechanicals made me overlook the questionable bodywork.Once I got it home I took stock of the situation and I realized what a huge pile of crap it was. It's now been almost a year since I purchased this beauty of a 1976 Dodge Powerwagon and I've endured plenty,shortly after I took possession of It I noticed the floors were horribly rotted and I thrashed hard to have it ready for what turned out to be one of the worst winters in many years. It actually ran well all winter,It was never garaged and the big 440 started every morning. The only mechanical malfunction was a fragged front driveshaft (a common failure especially with fulltime four-wheel-drive). Everything was going great until March 14 of this year when some nitwit pulled out in front of me.Everyone walked away uninjured but my beloved Powerwagon which wasn't much of a head-turner to begin with took another aesthetic setback. The insurance company declared the vehicle a total loss (no surprise there) after some negotiations I walked away with $950 and still retained ownership.After haggling with the insurance adjuster I was scrambling to find parts. I located a 73 truck for $500 and a 75 for $50 and in another epic thrash I managed to make one truck out of three(some must die so others may live haha).The photo at the beginning is the result of all my work,Not exactly overwhelming, In fact It's a bit disconcerting to have worked on something so hard and have it be so ugly. So I've given myself 30 days to get this thing painted. In the third act the hero always makes a comeback and thats what will happen. Why 30 days? Because I'm a born procrastinator and setting a firm timetable works good to keep my head in the game.Call it Overhaulin: White trash edition. Will I succeed? Or will the powerwagon simply implode into a pile of greasy parts? So cross your fingers and check back often for all the bloody knuckled updates.