Hindged Grille

So I once had an old military jeep. One of the coolest things I thought was that the whole front grille was on hinges. Unbolt 4 bolts and the whole front of the jeep would fold down and you had access to the entire front part of the motor. I now have a 94 Cherokee and am in the process of changing the water pump. What a PITA... So my question is. Has anyone ever done this on a cherokee? I have been kicking around the idea for a while now but after changing this water pump. Im going to figure out a way to do it and make it look good. Any thoughts on this?

I don't see how hinging the grill would help. Would you hinge the radiator too?

Yes the entire section between the headlights would fold down to a 90 degree angle, radiator and all. Of course I would have to figure something out for the hoses.

the radiator extends past the grill opening.

This really is far more work than it's worth, especially when you can remove the radiator in 30 minutes with basic hand tools.

And the A/C stuff. And the upper radiator support.

True, but next time you had to work on something in there. you could remove it in 30 seconds. Looking at it, it doesnt seem like that much work at all. Except that when you do need that extra clearance you understand you must drain your coolant as well.

the lower core support will still e directly in front of the harmonic balancer anyway.

and there's not much to be done about it as it's part of the chassis.

I did notice that as well. But you cant say it wouldnt be cool if one were able to pull it off... Right?

cool yes.
practical, probably not really.
PITA to engineer and make work, definitely