I seemed to have had my wrist slapped for cross-posting this and even doing it incorrectly. Anyway, thanks for the help with part 1 diagnosis of my 88 toyota pickup and would appreciate help with this next part
So it seems there is a leak or at least no antifreeze to see in the rad
and little to none in the overflow. The oil is not milky and the antifreeze overflow ( what little there is) does not seem contaminated either. Water pump seems fine (no noise, no visible leak, no movement of pulley), now the question of finding the leak and I have still not ruled out head gasket --can you lose that much antifreeze via exhaust??
I have noticed some white exhaust but it is cold presently and I see many cars with similar white exhaust.
For the moment, I am going to top up the existing fluid with a economy antifreeze 50/50 mix with distilled water with the intent of flushing the system once I figure out where the leak is. Of course, there is no pool of fluid under the vehicle which is good and bad.
The responses have been very helpful and if anyway would like to offer suggestions for the next step, it would be greatly appreciated.