Y2KMondeoSVT-
I went to your site and looked at your old 95. Nice looking car.
One question, do you still have a side picture of it; perhaps one showing the front and rear wheels. It may be possible to tell if the springs were broken by looking at the ride height on the rear. My car looked normal until the springs were replaced, judging by all the other Contours/Mystiques around where I live.
I would never have suspected that I had broken springs in the rear, as the car seemed to just "sit right". Now it kind of looks like a jackrabbit, all up in the air in the back.
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95 Contour SE automatic, 37,000 miles