I must be getting lazy because I am looking for less work and expense than that Mikel. My cats meow is a K30 or cucv dana 60 front with 4:56 gears. And I found I already have a 96 Dodge dana 70 with 3:54's. They make a thick set of 4:56's to swap to the 3 series carrier in the dodge 70. It has a Powr-Loc already. I will have to move the spring pads and that is easy. Unfortunately I found it is a 32 spline rear shaft and not 35 as I hoped. So I don't hear of them breaking so I will run it for the 8 lug pattern and wheel choices. It is 70 inches wms to wms and the minor difference from the stock 70 can be made up with backspacing on the wheels. Now to find a 35 spline inner dana 60 from a K30 that is not 1800 bucks. Boy stuff has gotten expensive. Saxon in Seattle has a IH NP202 for me. Bigger gears than a NP205. With a mild Buick 350 I will never break anything (knocking on grounded wood).
I have some extensive sheetmetal restoration work to do. I will probably start a build thread then. I have the 70 J truck for it. The stamping should be the same.
10 inches of snow yesterday. Currently 1.4 degrees above zero. Brrrr. The 50's temps and melting snow was just a teaser. It is the most beautiful clear day out. I shall not paint anything today.