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Those two guys are having way too much fun by themselves. What kind of power plant were you planning to use? If you were to use a lighter weight drive train then you might be able to get away with the Dana 80/60 axles.

I would not use a Dana 60 on a Duece. With the weight of that engine and transmission no way. The knuckles on Dana 60 steer axles won't take it. I have broken them before, and it takes less than you would think to do it.

A bobbed Duece weighs 11,000 lbs. Dana 80 max GVWR is 11,000 lbs × 2 axles on truck = 22,000 lbs. That seems like plenty of weight to spare to me. Although they would look kind of funny under the truck.

Wait a minute... Are you saying you found a Dana 80 steer axle? I don't believe I've ever seen one from the factory. What did that come out of?

A Dana 80 and Dana 70 are different axles. Some one ton pickups have Dana 80s with Dana 70 shafts. These axles are known as Dana 80 hybrids. If the axles your talking about are true Dana 80s then I would say yes, but no winch, no hauling, and no towing. What kind of budget are you working...