Back at it again! This time, with a 36" cheater pipe. Also, I anchored the car a little better to keep it from roll starting on me. A few more rounds of heating and torquing, then the inevitable happened. It was apparently too much to ask of Mr. Goodwrench. R.I.P. I never did...
Back to that driver's side rear wheel, I made a couple more attempts at getting the axle nut loose. For a start, I bought a Bernzomatic MAP gas hand torch kit (Amazon link)... I heated the axle nut until it was smoking, then jumped up and down on it with my old faithful 17" lo...