If you want to do as you stated - but don't have much money - keep what little you have and spend it on something else.Better yet,save it till you have lots of money, then buy the most truck you can afford.Otherwise, you'll end up discouraged, broke, and will end up selling your project at a loss.

I know you didn't love that advice,but there are many examples of people showing up with great plans and ambition - but with scarce funds - who disappear after a few weeks or a few posts.Heck,there are members here, and I mean long-time members,who've never completed even one of their planned projects in the time I've been here.

Get it running as is first.Drive it,enjoy it as a second vehicle,and refurbish it over time.You might find that you like it in stock, or close-to stock form.There is no easy, let alone inexpensive, frame swap.

Steve