alright folks i need some advice

so i am sittin' here with this 2000 F250
I screwed up buying a short bed
cuz now i am sitting here tryin' to covert to a drw and my options are very limited

what makes more sense?
still try to find a bed and shoot new paint on the entire truck and cherry this dang thing out buy addressing interior and everything

or
find a nice flatbed (along bradford built lines) and use the extra money for performance mods

or
pull my trans and trade off on a LWB DRW (taking the chance of finding someone else's headache)