Flip Kit Questions, 73-87

[chevyrestoguy]

I just recently picked up an aborted '73 Cheyenne Super 1/2 ton shortbed fleetside project that the previous owner gave up on. He had installed a flip kit in the rear using the crappy AIM junk, and I noticed two things. The forward driveshaft yoke has 2.25" of gap (the machined area that slides into the trans) between the trans and the u-joint. It's way too much, and I was wondering if all flip kits will cause this condition? This truck was put together with parts from dozens of trucks, but I can almost swear that this driveshaft looks to to be the factory original to the truck. Do you think that maybe he put the flip cradles under the factory perches on backwards? I always figured that lowering the rear should send the driveshaft forward........

Do all flip kits need a shock relocator? It looks like there's no way to bolt up the shocks because the lower spring plate is right in line with the shock bolt.