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[QUOTE=Dave SeversonNothing is bullet proof, and some idiots could make a Sherman Tank Suspension fail......
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Just to expand to Dave's comments, there's an old saying, "Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear". Now that's cynical overstatement for effect, but based in reality.

I've read some of the commentary you're referencing, and there may be a modicum of truth in there somewhere, but as Dave said, my impression of these remarks is they overstate the case. No doubt there have been failures, but we're taking about an area where there's no control of the workmanship. A lot of those comments I've read take the Fat Guy to task, again, maybe there's some truth in it, but probably not as bad as it looks.

Though you didn't mention it directly, several of those comments run out another old saw about MII suspensions that is erroneous. I suspect a lot of people who write those things have never owned/installed/had anything to do first hand with a MII system. It's often said that MII is too light duty for these older, "heavier" cars. Well, that's bogus, probably based on visual assumptions rather than knowledge. The heaviest of the actual Mustang II's tipped the scale around 3400 pounds which is not out of the ballpark for a '40's Ford, Chev, so on. With QUALITY fabbed control arms, the capacity of the stock parts is at least equalled if not exceded. But the buyer needs to be aware there are gypos out there making junk too.