Good on you for taking on this project. After loosing my dad in March I know your pain and frustration. Because the end is near and inevitable, I have an idea for you. I have been a part of this type of thing twice in the past few years, both times with the same family. My good friends father passed away unexpectedly. His dad had a '49 Ford he had passed down to one of his sons. It was a mad scramble to get it functional, but we managed to throw a few things together and have the truck running to take him on his last ride from the church to the cemetery. It was a really cool experience. A few years later, that same friends 19 year old son was hit and killed by a drunk driver. His son had bought a nice EC stepside that he and his younger brother and dad were working on together. The younger brother had just gotten his drivers license the week before in that truck. They used that truck, with the younger brother driving, to take the older brother on his last ride from the church to the cemetery. Another really cool experience. It means a whole lot more to the family than anything else, but it is really cool to have that memory. My dad didn't have that kind of history attached to his truck, but we were still able to have a really cool experience. Three of his brothers are riders in the Patriot Guard. They, along with two of my cousins, led the flag escort to the cemetery. It was a great final tribute to my father, one he never would have asked for, but as a veteran, certainly deserved.