Yep. That is some nasty looking rust. And I promise you, the areas of the frame and body that are not showing in your pics will be worse. This looks like a rig that has been used to launch boats off the beach into the surf for a few years. I pity...
It's not actually quite like that... The capacitor is used as part of the timing, the transistor (and leaking zener) are what control power to the ring. Read my write up in the link further up and it explains a little about the circuit and the...
Installed this Radius Fabrication snorkel today on this 79.
It didn’t come with a support bracket here where the original snorkel mounts so we made this one out of stainless steel.
Cheers
I put a new pipe in whole with the body on.
I compressed the pipe from being round to an oval. Then jacked up on the rear floor for extra room and forced the pipe in. Then using a c-clamp round out the pipe again. The pipe interfaces with a...
R DOT appears on factory replacement parts that would have originally had the VIN attached to them. Original heads had VIN plates on them.
You will see this on other replacement parts that were originally marked. Such as fenders, hoods and doors.
I retro-fitted a factory 50 liter sub to my 80 ~20 years ago. It clears the factory spare tire crossmember. I have a very early first generation Slee rear bumper so my spare is on the back. The space below my sub is now occupied by an in-frame...