Welcome from Indiana ! If you know someone that could give you a hand and maybe take parts in trade or if you had something else for trade and could get someone to help get it running, just an idea, good luck !!
Welcome, ahhh, space limits most of us from hanging on to that stuff, I wish I had only kept a portion of what my dad and I had, sorry to hear. Thumbs up to " nothing beats a redneck engineer with no money"
My buddy used what Ricko1966 is talking about, Magnet paints chassis saver on the dump truck, and the 4by frames, and it has held up very well, and yes, I feel prep is essential.