my 79 chevy pick up runs just fine and with nothing under the hood is easy to fix.
The old Chev stuff is the best.
New alternator might run ya 50 bux or a bit more.
Couldn’t even touch a new alternator for the foreign crap for less than a buck seventy five... or even worse.
The choice is do I spent $1000 on a major repair and the car is like new or do I spent $1000 for just 2 months of a car payment?