im building up a 12 valve ram and a 59 apache rat rod project to keep, and rebuilding a sonoma to sell right now. ive been considering keeping the sonoma
set it up like this:
or
with a
maybe swap and a little more lift
from what it is now:
i have a buyer for the sonoma thats interested as is for $5k but im confident it would could pull near double and maybe even triple with just a couple months of work and a few grand into it.
the thing is im building the 12 valve to be a work truck, straight out flatbed/gooseneck/5th wheel/tow/weld/fab/repair rig
not the best thing to be driving around town without reason.
the sonoma would fit that bill better but some of these things are going for 11-12grand with just a small block chevy swap from a junkyard, and shoot, i got a spare running 305/turbo350/triangulated-4-link/9"-3.5:1-rear sitting in the apache and i want to convert that to 2nd 12 valve anyhow so i might be able to pull that "15-25k$ swap" off for almost free; and would then have a spare 2.8l drivetrain to build a fun little gocart ?
if i were to build a willys clone, it would replace the sonoma
i suppose ill hold onto the sonoma for now, until theres more word about the new roxors and decide in the meantime if im going to build it up or just leave it mostly stock, but i think im leaning toward pulling the parts from the apache and setting it up like in the photoshops. whole lotta work but im only working part time now so i have all the spare time
what are your all thoughts on these plans?
and what do you think about
"Baja" Sonoma vs "Pseudo" Willys Daily Driver
