Rarity of a 6-lug semi floating Dana 60?

[DirtyLarry]

Has anybody else seen a 6 lug semi floating Dana 60 rear axle in any older GMC 1500’s? My 1968 GMC 1500 has a factory 396/TH400, wood bed, A/C, Tach, bucket seats, etc. I was actually my first vehicle when I turned 15. The interesting thing is it has (Had and will have again) a semi floating 6 lug Dana 60 rear axle. I have not seen many semi floating Dana 60’s in vehicles other than on old Mopar muscle cars or in light duty ¾ ton 8 lug Ford F or E series. Most Dana 60’s are 8 lug full floating design used in ¾ ton trucks.

Unfortunately, my Dana 60 was pruned of 3 ring gear teeth one night back in the early 90’s racing some other punk in a Ranchero. I thought a Dana 60 could handle a built big block and TH400 with a serious shift kit but apparently not that 20 year old Dana 60 at the time. I was too broke at the time to fix it so I borrowed a Dana 44 out of another 68 GMC I had laying around, which is still in it today.

The axle has been sitting at my Dad’s place for over 10 years and I just drug it to my house yesterday to start collecting parts to resurrect it. As you can see by the pictures, it has been apart for quite a while. I am thinking 3:73 gears and a Tractech Truetrac for the rebuild.

Anybody see one of these things before?