i got it started(for like 2 seconds)couldn't sleep for 2 days
Thats the perfect attitude (hope I spelled that right)for a bolter.
Welcome to the gang, you found the right site.
Keep what you have, make it safe and working and drive it.
Rearend swap may be one of the first things you wish to do when you drove it for a while.
Many greetings from sunny southern Germany,
Frank