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Could be worse, I was in the Army and my truck came from the Marines. I keep having very mixed signals as to what to actually do with it.

There is no substitute for seeing it in real life.

Rapco has all the various paints they sell with images of what the paint actually looks like when painted on something, though actual colors might be different due to your screen calibration. http://www.rapcoparts.com/padenew.html (their website isn't the best, so this page usually has to...

The way to check is the date code on the back of the block. Pull the doghouse off and look at the block below the passenger side head. If it's after 99 then it's a GEP block. Mine didn't have the GEP decal and stuff on the valve cover, only know it's GEP from the date (but mine has the 4...

Do you know if you have the GM block or the GEP block? The GEP block is different metalurgy, so it can withstand the heat better than the GM blocks could, for either the 6.2 or 6.5.

it's not the stress, it's the heat buildup. The GM blocks are notorious for having block failures at the back cylinders because there isn't enough cooling back there, and the metallurgy isn't good enough to deal with the heat buildup. Just because it CAN do 65 mph doesn't mean it's a good idea.

Naval jelly works pretty good on rust, so does OSPHO (phosphoric acid). I use the OSPHO in a spray bottle (wear gloves) and go over it a few times. Either way, you have to wire brush or scrape off the existing rust for it to work properly. As for the top, not sure. That's pretty rough looking.