Dear mgagro,
You can obviously match anything with everything and make it run. The question is for how long? For weekend off-roading it doesn't matter if something breaks down - you just put your not-so-successful vehicular creation on tow and go home to sulk. When you are on a trip in the middle of nowhere you don't want suddenly to find out that despite all the effort you put in it your project is not working exactly as you expected.
This is why you won't find many cars as you described above in places where mechanical reliability is more important than engineering ingenuity.
The fact that your project can be build for less money than a proper vehicle doesn't matter really - when it breaks down you'll spend a lot more money on recovery and fixing it than you have saved by avoiding a car properly built and tested by the manufacturer.
Good luck with your project - you may need it!
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Roman (UK)
www.overlandcruiser.info
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