Need advise from the Ram Owners

The new diesel trucks are costly to maintain and they need to be worked hard to let the emission system function right. For now I've decided to fix up my old 2003 Ram 305/555 HO diesel, no emissions and it still runs okay. A new truck is nice though, I just don't want to spend that much money and have the down time, seems like the new ones see the dealer much more often thees days. A 2002 may be worth fixing up? My 03 Laramie interior still looks okay, the drive line is still good, only rebuilt the old 4 speed auto once so far. The engine has been trouble free, haven't done much to it. One fuel injector line broke and a couple water pumps. I may put a new dash in and give it a paint job some day. I rather use my money for other things then some 70K truck, everyone is different though. My 2003 was $42K fully loaded with some extras. Its been a long time since it was paid off, its nice having no payment to make for many years.