thanks for the kind words guys !
made some progress the past couple days, mounted the interior tub to the frame rails thus dropping the cab down onto the frame.
also lowered the front axle by cutting the blocks off the front springs and notching the axle.
next up was trying to figure out how to make the hood tilt . after a lot of thinking I came up with an idea. here I modified the front of the frame and found some hinges in the parts box
and came up with a way for it to tilt.
I lowered the rears by notching out the rear springs and rear diffs to make it sit level, a lot of trial and error here but ok now.
here is the mockup, got it sittin on it's wheels long and low