It's a shame that we lost so much info but, I did the toyota rear swap and have a long bed with 2-piece drive shaft. I remembered seing others that did the same but had a 1-piece and the 'custom shaft' looked really nice.
I had taken my flanges to a shop and he said that he would have to build up one side (can't remember which, yota or mitsu) but didn't remember seing any 'steps' in sizes of the tubes in past threads.
My Yota rear is a 86-87 I think and my max is a 89 long bed, and if ANYBODY can shed some light on what I forgot or need i'd love it. OR pics too..
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