Lonely Fork Seeks Frame

[BiketoBasics]

I have a Surly Pack Rat fork for 26 inch wheels that I had bought a few years ago on spec. The Pack Rat is NLA from Surly. I thought I'd would be kind of neat to mate this up with a suitable (non-Surly) frame. The steerer on the fork is modern threadless and plenty of steerer is present which is good because I'm tall. I think it possible to mate this to a steel hardtail MTN frame and make a go of it. Anyone ever tried such a combo of the sort?

 

[bikeworkshop]

What's the fork's axle to crown ?

This needs to be a reasonable match with the frame geometry, which altered subtly over the period 92-98 and beyond