Sorry for your family's losses JB, that's a lot of loss in a short period of time, life ***** sometimes. Like you say, I've definitely learned to cherish the time I was blessed with the ones that have gone, and not to take for granted the time I still have with the ones that are still around.
Please post a link to your build/swap write up on the S10 in here when you do it. Great work by the way, I don't comment much but always enjoy reading about your projects!
In my neck of the woods, a clean/little to no rust, low mileage LLY/LBZ like that would go for $18,000 USD minimum, probably more if it's an LBZ because they're highly desired.
Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)
I'm probably going to get flamed for recommending something from harbor freight, but they sell a few different OBDII scanners that actually work really well for the do-it-yourselfer. I have the Professional model. It will read and clear codes, even...
Nice to see another fellow Nebraskan on here, I have roughly the same size shop but I need to build a shed to get all of the lawn stuff, atv's, spare wheels/tires, and extra parts out of it like you did. Looks like a great start!