well i made it happen, he turned into a dill-hole and sold the axle while i was out in the yard with my buddy's back-hoe smashing a 78 burb. which made me sad because even for chevy's, burbs are nice. kinda like a 4 door bronco (my dream truck). well he sold it for about $450 and a POS 30-30 rifle. when i say POS i mean piece of friggin SH*T. stock was sawed off into a pistol grip and the bolt was so badly gouged it would pull back right but no "oh just a little work will fix it up fine enough for me" so i "accidentally" hit his fence on the way out. Privacy fence say what?? damn old people
i have other options though, i may be able to trade some of my own guns for a bed cage, a rear axle, and some decent shallow bucket seats, hopefully i can make that happen, gonna go take another look at the stuff tomorrow with a mechanic friend of mine so we can determine if the parts are usable.