MoparDan
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It looks to me, from your picture, that whoever installed the ball joint didn't thread it in all the way. Note how the threads are Rusty on the top, indicating that they were exposed.
He said that one went on (and old one came off) A LOT easier then the other three so I guess maybe the threads on the control arm rusted? Both arms are a little crusty probably simply the result of 30 years in Connecticut. About the first thing I did with this car 9 years ago when I bought her was I painted the undercarriage with rustoleum to (I would've used POR15 if I could've afforded it) I intended to paint the control arms too, but ran out of time and every year right before fall hit I'd repaint everything to protect it from the road salt, but somehow the control arms never got done. One day I'd like to find a nice set of rust free control arms but right now thats just not possible so for now I'll buy a grease gun and try to keep the ball joint lubed