If you were talking about a Chevy, I could give you a lot of advice. With a Ford, I have to agree with those who said it would cost 'way more than the truck is worth.
Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, I made good money rebuilding rusty Chevy and GMC pickups. I wouldn't touch Fords because they were too hard to work on.
On Chevys, there were ample aftermarket fenders, door shells, box sides reasonably priced. Parts always seemed to be higher for Fords. Plus Fords were far more labor intensive. Case in point: to do cab corners properly the box needs to be taken loose and either raised or moved back. Chevys had through bolts holding the box, and if they were rusted you could just torch them off. Fords had bolts that bolted "blind" from underneath, and would either twist off or the blind nut would turn in the box. Either situation increased labor exponentially.
Then, Chevy boxes were bolted together, and complete new box sides were only a couple hundred bucks each, even OEM, so if the box side was bad enough you simply bolted on a new one. Ford boxes were welded together, again increasing labor enormously.
On a Chevy, with new aftermarket fenders at $50 each and door shells less than $100, you almost automatically just pitched the old ones and went with new. Again, Ford parts weren't that cheap and were more labor intensive.
I counted once and found I'd done about 67 Chevy and GMC pickups and full sized Blazers over the years. Some customer owned, some I bought, rebuilt, and resold. I did one Ford for a friend.
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