68 Nova leaf spring question

[DougsL78]

Hey guys,

The 5 leaf leaf springs here are for sure the factory ones that came with my ‘68 L78 nova as the drivetrain is original to the car…

While restoring, I noticed a difference in the angle of one of the bushing holes. See picture below. One is more ‘kinked’ than the other. There is no evidence of any damage and it’s smooth.. so my question here is whether this is a “68 Nova-ism” - god knows nearly every single part of the car is…. Or is this damaged and should not be restored/reused?

I figure if it was damaged it would be crunched- and there would be damage in and around it -which there wasn’t - it was 100% solid and original - and the springs looked like they had never been off the car…. But I’ve never seen a set of leaf springs on a Nova that were not identical….

Thanks all!