Everything you have listed is correct. You will need the front section from a 83 760 with a M46 or the entire driveshaft from an M46 car thats '84 or later. The spline count on a '83 is different than the later ones. I did this swap with my buddies '85 with ZF and we had to use the entire driveshaft out of the donor '83. However the spine setup was the same as my '84. The crossmember is the same, you'll just be moving it back farther on the car since the trans is longer thanks to the OD unit. However you'll find the threaded inserts are already in the body! The driveshaft shouldn't need to be D24 specific, but will have to be from a 7xx series with M46 if you go to replace the whole thing or just the front section if you can find one from an '83. Another option is to just have it shortened. My local driveshaft shop only charged me $70 to shorten mine which included installing the T-5 slip yoke and a new U-joint. Might not be worth the trip and headache at the salvage yard...
Jason
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