Hi Folks,
After 20 years of being away from custom Jeep builds, I have come back to my roots and landed a single owner 1980 Cherokee Laredo that appears all original (except a recent lift 4" lift). Texas born and raised so barely any rust. It has the origjnal Laredo badge on the dash.
My dilemma is that I am starting to think this particular model is extremely rare. And really desire to do a restomod with a LS swap and beefed up drivetrain to Dana 60s. Of course, this would ruin the originality of this Laredo.
I cannot for the life of me find a breakdown of the Cherokee SJ production numbers, especially by model. My understanding is that the Laredo was the premium trim package in 1980 over the Chief and Golden Eagles. Anyone happen to have them?
Any thoughts on doing restomod on this thing vs keeping it near original from a resale value perspective?