FJ Taco Box Shifter Location

Hello all. I'm trying to figure out how to get the fj shifter to fit into the cup holder but it has too much throw. How can I duplicate this picture?

 

Cut and weld

 

Cut and weld doesn't work because of the throw in the gearbox. The hole I would have to cut would be massive. Does anyone have pictures? RST link for his build is no longer around and that was a picture of his truck.

 

That one looks like it has the Marlin Crawler Box which is what that first lever by the shifter I believe. The second shifter in the cup holder is the transfer case shifter. Its able to be back there because the crawler box is like 8 or 10 inches long.
You would need to fabricate something like this:

 

Get a short shift kit for it and it’ll fit.