More disbelief....

Wow.  Would you believe that sometime in the past some bozo thought it was a good idea to weld the upper control arm bushings to the upper control arm?  See the pictures....

It looks like the UCA cracked or the bushing pulled out, and instead of removing the arm and fixing it right, they just reached in with the welder and zapped it back together.

The other UCA looks good, but this one is going in the scrap pile.  Sorry Honey, but I need more allowance this week...!