Well, I've gone and done it...I sold the Dodge. It has gone to a good home. The fellow that bought it is a Mopar enthusiast from Anchorage, and he it driving it back from CA as we speak (type).
He loves to tinker with these things and appreciated the fact that the D14 was mostly stock (except for the George Asche dual carb / Langdon split header setup, with dual exhausts.
I will now spend my time on the '40 Plymouth wagon (which is in a million pieces right now). I've never done a frameup resto before and I'm looking forward to the challange.
I plan to make the woodie as stock as possible, but include safety enhancements (disk brakes, hidden dual master cylinder, Coker www radials, halogen headlights and running lights, turn signals, etc)
I plan to keep it 6 volt, with NOS generator and voltage regulator, but I plan to hide a fuse box somewhere and fuse most circuits, not just the headlight switch. I hope to make most of the wood myself ( I consider my somewhat of an amateur woodworker), and have the time to do it.
I found a P18 engine for the woodie (a sweet running 218 which came with a '49 Dodge Pilothouse truck attached). I didn't really want the truck, but actually the truck is way cool - straight sheet metal and very little rust - it may be next in line for a resto.
If you have a suggestion for improvements for the woodie that would keep the stock look, I'd be interested.
Bob Riding