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Random thoughts: A hot water pressure washer will help remove poorly applied paint. Are you going back to a Viet Nam impression? If so CARC is the wrong color and texture.
Most of us over here are abandoning expensive CARC and going with water based acrylics.
Once a driveshaft tube is bent or has a kink in it, it’s hopeless to straighten it. Even if you get it close, these spin so fast that the vibration will damage carrier bearings.
If you get an inkling that the export restrictions won't be enforced, I can tell you that more than once I have been called to get a US Military truck back running after sitting in impound for MONTHS/YEARS at the Port of Houston.
If this truck were mine, first thing would be to replace the turret hole cap so the rain will stop soaking the interior and instruments. Next I would focus on the driveshafts (read up on possibly needing a puller to get the ujoints apart). Next I would pull and straighten the tie rod. Next I...
If all I need is a good 6.5 engine (which I do), the last thing I want to do is buy a truck with an unknown condition engine in California or Georgia (for many thousands of dollars) then pay more thousands of dollars to ship it to me, then have to deal with the BS of selling the residue and...