WTF is this???

Yes. I could see the welds giving out. Pretty crappy looking. Is someone doing things up for you on this setup? Just offering a cheap fix on boogered up parts to at least get it working possibly much better than it likely is now. Have you priced reproduction linkage lately? I have, yikes. My sons Magnum needs everything but he can’t swing it just yet so it’s improvise for now while looking for used.
The car is in Montana being done, I am in New York and can’t physically do anything about it.