New ball joints and control arm bushings got this started. Now new calipers and rubber parts. It should be a different car!

Well....kinda sorta.... The early cars had the frame paint applied by hand with mitts, similar to a wash mitt. I don't think these frames were ever dipped, tho....if they had been, there would be paint on the inside of the frames, and we wouldn't have such a problem with rust on them. They were painted with a spray gun , so runs are the norm, but....they were painted with the frames upside down, so any runs should be flowing from the bottom up, to be anally correct....

As far as the t-arm bushings, those really are best left to someone that has the correct tools, and know-how to install them properly. Those bushings are the ONLY thing on my '74 that I had someone else do, because I dint have the tool to swedge the end of the tube on the bushing, and I dint care to buy one. The service manual does havee instructions on how to make the tools needed, tho. Bu that would prolly cost more than buying the dern thing anyway....
 If the t-arm bushings are not done correctly, the alignment will never hold, and the handling could be nasty.

Save yourself tons of time and money and get fully loaded trailing arms from Bairs or someplace like that and just swap eveything out. They come complete right out the new rivited rotors and all e-brake hardware installed. Did mine on the floor with just jackstands, out in a few hours and back in in a few hours.They will cost less than what you were quoted on labor. Or get the rebuilt arms and take to your mechanic and it should reduce your labor costs substantially. Just my 2 cents.