Here's what I mean. This is an image of one "trailing arm" (hope I've got my nomenclature correct!) where it's bolted to the body. The suspension is at full droop. Note the obviously extreme wear to the lower part of the rubber bushing. On close inspection the upper section shows some age-related cracking. The wear shown here is what I believe has some impact on my incorrect negative camber; perhaps the rear springs are sagging a bit too. (Ride height is 0.2 cm lower in the rear than in the front.)

I'm counting on a full alignment afterwards. Apparently the car did run over something on its right side (cracked front fascia, partly missing rear fender liner, note on front control arm repair ticket that one mounting point on that side is, sheesh, "slightly bent").

Thanks again,

Steve-o