Greg, Look at the cross shaft at the front where the big nut & washer are and you will see the a-arm is peeled back
G- I had a a-arm damaged just as bad or may be worse years ago on my '85 i hit a manhole cover that came up a little higher than most did but back then there were no droped spindles you had to cut two coils out of the springs and use some longer blots and thick spacers to shim the upper a arm's out and it wasn't a very soft ride either. Man i can still remember that hit it was sooo hard the poor truck and i took one helluva jolt and i was only going about 50 or 55 mph i wish i had a pic of that thing.