steering u-joints.

[ghetto_superman]

so i was snooping around my buddies shop a few days ago, and looked under the hood of a GM van (newer fat column type '83ish+) and saw u-joints on the steering! i imagine if a guy could figure out the part #'s for them, you could order new ones just to be safe, and both the upper and lower joints would bolt straight to our columns and boxes and all we'd need is a longer DD shaft... and for people trying to go for 'stock' looking, that would work... and still save $$$ compared to the borgeson brand joints as mentioned earlier.. what do yall think? worth it?

also a side note, will the newer fat column tilt shift lever handles work with a 67-72 truck tilt column? im having trouble finding a correct *short van style* shift lever for my smaller steering wheel... the newer ones look a little less beefy, but hopefully would still work...

thanks guys.
-Mike