Photo update: Here's a look at the modified air filter after refitting for paper element filter. It's just a 1/2" taller than the oil bath filter, but then the one I have isn't the correct one anyway. Overall, looks good, works better.
Front view with the lights on and the bed up. Pump isn't leaking and the ram went all the way to the stops w/o a problem, so far anyway.
I dig all cars, old and new, whether they were hammered out of American iron, German steel, or Japanese tin cans. Being unable to appreciate them all is missing out on a world of great things. But thats just MY opinion! :P