At the time It’s just a car my dad paid the down payment on , it leaked oil out the timing gear cover paid $50 a week till it was paid off , probably like $2300 , more then it was worth lol
291,000 on my f150 and i would drive it to japan and back , the only thing i would worry about in your case is if you have never changed the timing belt
i got a 400 big bear just buy a used axle for $100 bucks on ebay , i rebuilt mine a little cheaper and it has been fine and i have a 2'' lift with 27''super swamp vampires just drop the a frame jerk out the axle and push the new one back in , it took me 2 hours to do every thing