Is this worth getting?! Junkyard Find

[Tinstar]

It does
Assume it’s same location for the 70.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Lower right web below tube will have 70 cast into it. I can confirm it's a 70 by virtue of what GM used when they were new.

 

[Tinstar]

It’s a 1981 Chevy
Not 1985 or a cucv

How much does that matter?

Its a Dana 70HD
Geat ratio tag partially gone

 

[Tinstar]

 

[Recovry4x4]

It doesn't matter much. Still a great deal anyday. Odd thing for me is the rear sway bar on a 4x4. Hope you closed the deal. Sorry I've been absent all day.

 

[cucvmule]

Hello Tinstar, have you evaluated the remains. Does the frame look like it is straight and unmolested, not all rotted? Maybe a useable chassis?

 

[Tinstar]

I did
Rear springs and all.
Will pick it up later.
Dana 60 was sold about a month ago.
Out of state guy will be in first of Dec to get it.
Scrap yard owner told me that today.

Dana 70s for sale. I’ll never use it.

 

[Tinstar]

Hello Tinstar, have you evaluated the remains. Does the frame look like it is straight and unmolested, not all rotted? Maybe a useable chassis?

Frame is toast.
No chance of repair.

 

[Tinstar]

It doesn't matter much. Still a great deal anyday. Odd thing for me is the rear sway bar on a 4x4. Hope you closed the deal. Sorry I've been absent all day.

Been driving on interstate all day.
So much fun.

 

[Tinstar]

 

[rustystud]

I did
Rear springs and all.
Will pick it up later.
Dana 60 was sold about a month ago.
Out of state guy will be in first of Dec to get it.
Scrap yard owner told me that today.

Dana 70s for sale. I’ll never use it.

Are you kidding me ? For $200.00 a Dana 70 HD is a steal !!! That differential could sell for over $1000.00 easy even in it's present condition ! So even if you will never use it, you can sell it and make a tiddy profit.

 

[Tinstar]

If someone wants it, I will sell it. I already paid for it and have receipt.
D70, Sway bar, springs and all.
I could not get it today. Had to head back home.
Will get it in a few weeks unless someone in Arizona wants to buy it and go get it themselves.

Owner would not let me cut frame and load entire assembly on uhaul Trailer.

Knew it was worth something from what I’ve read here on SS.

 

[Ilikemtb999]

Bummer on the d60. I wouldn’t bother on the rear unless you need it for a project

 

[Tinstar]

I don’t need it but hate to see it not being used.
If no one wants it, then I will just hang onto it.

 

[cucvmule]

rustystud has a good handle on what the 70 is used for and what it is worth. What would be even better is if it has a locker inside.

Too bad the frame has been "adjusted" past any kind of usefulness. I would have let you cut in half and take the section that had the axle, and let you take apart at your own convenience. But alas not my yard, not my rules.

Definitely a useful part, parts. Can not go wrong on acquisition as axle is useful on a few different applications.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Just a swaybar will set you back over a hundred.

 

[rustystud]

If I was closer I would buy it from you. As it is the shipping would kill me !

 

[Tinstar]

Dana 70HD Axle, sway bar, and springs have been sold.

Now I don’t have to go back to AZ to remove it.