1974, 350 4spd. 8 lug?

[72hotrodder]

ok i am goin to look at said truck tommarow. heres the story. owner said he bought a farm but had to buy all that is on it. this truck happens to be on it. said it has not moved in a year but did run when purchased. has papers to prove that it is a tva service truck and had a huge 400 gallon water tank in the bed (that he already sold) and some 1/4in steel welded to bed floor from frong to rear and only has 34,000 miles. my question was there ever an 8 lug 2wd? even if it was a gov purchased vehicle. o and truck has gov tags on it. truck has never been registered or had insurance other than tva since it was bought to be a farm truck.