Well. Things went dry. This is as far as it got.
Truck sat for almost 2 years... long enough to let the brand new tires with 0 miles on them to start dry cracking... My (now wife) got on my ass, so I sold the tires,and the seats (they were getting worse too.
I'm now on deployment AGAIN,and have her OK (more like her demanding) to finish this truck. New boggers will be ordered, with a magnum, 205, axel rebuilds, and the rest of the small parts to get the engine running again. I haven't decided if I will let my friends work on the truck while I am gone, or if I will just be collecting parts till I return at the end of this year. I have my list made, and I will start purchasing parts next month.
It is currently being housed in a friends barn,in order to save the tires that are on it now.
The strap and chain are currently holding up the transmission, as it has no crossmember in it.