its not a beginner truck, i can tell you ,you will have problems in the beginning. just like any other truck you need to check all the screws for loctite, if you get the gen le an throttle return spring is a must, mtm brakes, and the engine is a nightmare to tune. do a search and you will see for your self what problems people have. i dont know if they resolved this with the new gst but the other 76 engine is bad. the best thing cen should do at this point is make a different motor mount for these trucks so we can put a different motor in it. but besides the engine its a good truck and dont be discuraged if you want it, when it wants to run it runs well but when it dosent want to you will get blisters trying to start it.
good luck in your decision.
if you want to do wheelies all day long and flip it on its lid everytime the lst2 is waiting for you here is a pic of the body after a day of bashing