Air shocks..why?

Another 'benefit' to air shocks is that the mounting stud up top isn't made for that type of stress load, so it can easily crack/pull-out/rip apart that brace. Air shocks were before my time, but a friend with a frame/alignment shop showed me on my old '68 GT (which didn't have them) why you should never put them in.

See...this is what I mean...the old arguments of broken shock mounts/rough ride, blah, blah, just keep coming out again and again, even though its truly BS!! (I'll agree if you have some POS rustbucket that should probably not be on the road anyway, OK, don't use 'em. If the upper mounts are rusted that bad, you better look real close at the rest of it)