Not an a-body but your opinion on worth...

A 1985 model yes! $2.500 for a 4x4 driver Dodge truck would be worth looking at here in my area.... These are some tuff and well built trucks that I see worked hard while the chebbies are setting at home for the farmers wife to drive.
These are the work trucks of the era, ask any rail road worker to our armed forces back in the day..