I friend of mine built one like you are building. It worke very well. I like your truck too. BTW, there are a few Leningrad Cowboys fans here. I play them every day in the garage.
I really like it. I have a 1940 Olds that I thought about doing something like what you are doing with yours. Here's a rough sketch of what I was picturing a while back.
Here's my Olds as it sits now... maybe some day I'll get around to it:
I'll be watching your project to see how it comes out, I like it so far!