unknown electrical parts in a '79 impala

[impala.il]

Hi,
I'm new here. I have a 1979 chevy impala that i'm restoring now. i was workong on the engine, when i have noticed those things:

The first one is this orange box, with connectors inside it, that are numberd from one to 8 (i think...), it's not connected to anything. its lockated on the front left fender, and it looks original.



The second, is this relay-like thing, that connected to god-knows-what,
it looks like its been installed here in israel, (did i mentioned that i'm from Israel allready?) but again, i dont know. Its lockated near the left head lights.



Can somebody please tell me what the things above are?

Thank you,
Dima.

[maxwedge]

Before you bury yourself with this car get a factory shop manual try e bay. The orange box is a power distribution center, the other unit is an add on for maybe an alarm at one time, not an oe part.

[impala.il]

i tryed to find a factory shop manual on e-bay, it's useless. there isn't non of them for sale.

[maxwedge]

Originally Posted by impala.il

i tryed to find a factory shop manual on e-bay, it's useless. there isn't non of them for sale.

Try oe Helms, made them originally or try Hemmings Magazine.

[richtazz]

Was the car ever used as a police or taxi vehicle? Both of the parts you show look like aftermarket pieces for powering aftermarket add-ons like police lights/radio or taxi meters/lights, etc....

[impala.il]

Originally Posted by richtazz

Was the car ever used as a police or taxi vehicle? Both of the parts you show look like aftermarket pieces for powering aftermarket add-ons like police lights/radio or taxi meters/lights, etc....

not as far as i know... i'm the 8th owner of this car (and i hope to be the last... ;-) ) it was allways brown- not a tipical color for a taxi/ police car.
The registration documents says all the owners of the car were privet.

update: the humbers on the yellow box are from one to ten, only one of them is - the rest are +. i think that this thing is some kind of premitive diagnostic to the electrical sistem.

[maxwedge]

Plus is the battery input, minus are the circuits being fed, take the cover off and confirm with test lite.