I feel your pain. Went with a friend to assess damage from a ladder bar tearing the brackets off of the axle tube on a '69 R Runner. It's an old race car with a trans planted 426 Hemi 4-speed in it. Somehow, I ended up buying it, and I am an A Body guy. The things we get ourselves into. No pictures, it's inside my enclosed trailer, gotta get the broken brackets welded so that it can be safely transported for repair.
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