Alright here we are. Some darn progress on this thing. It may not be much but... I can officially say I have started.
Started tear down on the front axle. Didn't get far (got a late start). But I pulled the hub assy off, pulled the rotors off the hub, and got the bearings/races out and cleaned up. Definitely not gonna try to salvage these. Bearing chips all over the grease. But it helps having a lifetime warranty of them.
Started with this:
and ended with this
I will start the rest of the tear down and start cutting brackets and cleaning it up some tomorrow after I finish doin the rotors and bearings on dad's 85.