I finally made some more progress, haven't gotten to installing the engine yet but I feel it's a good update to my thread.......
Marked....

Cut....

Welded back together....

Was even able to put the bed back on to see how I did, thanks to the help of a friend....

With no engine and the stock suspension, you can tell it really needs to be lowered....
Well that's all for now, I hope to have another good update in about 2 weeks. We shall see how it goes....