I was at John's home on Saturday while he was replacing the failed Moog ball joints on his 1968 Barracuda convertible. Took a good close look at them and their failure point. Also examined the boxes they had originally came in,,,appeared genuine. Did say made in USA.

They had almost completely pulled out of their sockets. It appeared as that only some type of moderate gauge like sheet metal material was used as the retainer to keep them securely in place, and this of course was not doing the job.

Had been out for a close to 75 mile ride with him on heavily trafficked 101 a couple of weeks of weeks ago. Shudder to think of what total failure during this ride might have entailed,,,let's just say we were not merely only going with the flow of traffic.

I suggested to him that he package them up and send off to the governmental National Highway Safety Board. NHTSB.