72 3/4 Ton 4x4 Truck Questions - Please Help

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Hello,

I recently purchased a 72 C20 3/4 Ton Truck. It was a local purchase, pretty clean and the price was $2500. It's a 4x4 which was a plus, but not required. Well after I did some research, this truck appears to be a 2wd to 4wd conversion. That does not bother me, but something isn't quite right under the front end. It has a D44 8lug up front, SM465, NP205, 350 4bbl, and a Dana 60 No-Spin in the rear with leafs. It looks like whom ever did the conversion got parts from a donor vehicle, but either didn't install the right parts, didn't get all of them, or was just an idiot.

First off, if anyone has a 71-72 4x4 350 manual, I'd really appreciate it if you could snap some pictures from above and below of the engine mounts and the transmission cross member locations.

The motor is sitting far forward. It has a high hump floor installed, but I believe it was an automatic high-hump that they modified. The transmission pokes through where the high hump starts to go upwards towards the firewall. The whole thing looks like it's 2" too far forward, but I'm new to these trucks and have no idea.

The problems I noticed is that the Dana 44 pumpkin has hit the passenger side engine tower/mount. The engine mount is broken right now and there are signs of rubbing. However no rubber bumpers are installed, so that 'could' be the problem. There is only about 1.25 to maybe 2" of clearance between the pumpkin and the engine mount. That is why I'd like some pictures so that I can compare.

The other areas I noticed is the kludged front swaybar frame mounts, the missing fan shroud (I bought what I thought was the correct NOS one, but it's too deep), and a few other things. There are mounting holes on the frame that looks like things can be placed at different positions. The bottom line is - If the thing isn't right I'm not going to fix it right now. I'll put some bump stops on the front, fix the motor mount and drive it. However down the road I want to convert back to the a Th350 or TH400 or some automatic with a NP205.

So if anyone can help me out and tell me one way I'd appreciate it. I got a several cross members with the truck, most likely the original 2wd pieces. With some pictures hopefully I can solve this mystery.

I'm betting the truck originally had 4 wheel drums, but now it's fitted with 8lug discs up front which is nice.

Thanks!!!!