6.7 Cummins and a Miata or similar
I'd rather have a very very nice daily that isn't loud and can fare well in anything than a nice sports car and a beater truck. Youll get nickel and dimed to death on a POS truck.
Brake lines, trans, brakes, bearings, suspension, shocks, bushings, rusty panels, rusted bed. The list goes on and labor isn't cheap when stuff gets rusty