More joy found courtesy the PO.....

 

Every spark plug was gapped differently, from .036 all the way to one with a whopping .067 gap

 

Regapped all to .043, and she runs a bit better already.

I once had a 78 or 79 wagon that had "body work" done to the front fenders. They were ingenious in the fact that they used roofing shingles to replace the sheet metal and bondo'd over the top of them. Lasted for a while, but up here bodies don't last long.