59 chevy truck with stock everything (235 & 3spd) I wanna drive at highway speeds. I've read the posts about swaping out the rearend... and I've read the posts about swapping transmission options.

My question. Do you I have to swap out both tranny and rearend in order to achieve what I want? I'm short on funds... so can I get by with finding a donor rearend from a later truck withOUT changing the stock 3speed? OR can I get by with just swaping out the tranny for a powerglide or 350 or something withOUT changing the stock rearend?

If I can do just one, will the tranny or the rearend make the most difference?
THANKS.