Build it man. Please just do it.
She's no virgin build.....several flags upon the top of the small mountain already.
That said, only Podvin's stands out as a departure from 80ish form, which I don't see a point in, since a UZJ80 (radius arms/5 link rear) is more feasible, in my opinion.
Sure many will snicker,
, but the 120 crowd that've ventured down with path might be worth taking design cues from, as the same front and rear frame issues faced on a 100 have been dealt with on the 120/150s (FJC/T4R) linked front and rear suspensions.
Frame height ain't gonna be an issue, because you'll have no choice but for it to be monstrously tall, yet you won't benefit much from, because the links will be much lower than the rails.
Think belly pan covered in HDPE 'cause it's gonna slide over rocks like an anaconda after a big lunch.
Frame width up front is conducive for, since the IFS consumes so much room, but can't have any aversion to cutting sheet metal or relocating inner mounted hardware.
Rear, however, poses all kinds of challenges.....I think easier to address by chopping off the subframe and replacing, but can french into and box the frame rails for CO clearance, just more work and unnecessary.
Again, no aversion to cutting sheet metal, otherwise it's a fail and there's gonna be a lot that needs to be renoved.....so much so, it's better to cut about 8" aft the b pillar, and be rid of the headache, altogether.
Full widths are the way to go, but none of that junkyard crap. Customs all the way through, save the 9.5" diffs, of course, even if it means part time to keep the front shaft happy.
To go this far, you'd wanna plan to drop the lowest gear sets available in, which still suck for an all out crawler. Kinda like comparing a Honda to a John Deere, but no other options.
39s minimum.
Prolly $20k to do it right, but it's only money and you'll have the ability to crawl atop the small mountain and run over the previous flags, setting the bar for future illogical builders, and she'll (the mountain) think she was still a virgin before your conquest.
This chick did the same thing, like many others, taking a brand or nearly new, +40k Cruiser derivative from the lot to the lift, hacking on brand new frame paint, to turn it into their own version of "how Mr. T should've built it.
(Pic circa early '07)
So you can do it, too!!
