Original A body 8 3/4 housing

Spring perches are a pretty decent hunk of metal; can you expound on why or what caused one to rip. For example if the vehicle was damaged in some way that caused issues with the rear end/perch, I as a prospective buyer would want to know the why's since it was brought up that the perches were replaced. $350 is a pretty good chunk of change for those of us that watch our pennies. Thanks for your understanding and comments.
Decently stout 440, 4 speed 323 suregrip just hooked and tore one off.. Guy that had no business welding, welded new ones on. Pipe welder buddy fixed it up for me yesterday. Just mentioned it since it looks much better than the last pics I posted.

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