A nice bit of welding

Indeed it was bent, and just about the only thing holding the bottom ball joint in place was gravity!

It was a mobile mechanic who brought it in for a test, his customer only having just bought the Mondeo. I took the picture as the mechanic was having a sit down and a coffee - he'd just driven the car six miles at 70ish MPH.

I called him a taxi to get him back to his van.