In fact Gordon, I do agree; the old Hydrolastic Haggis, as chum called them, was not a bad car. Agree about the suspenders: put many - including Ford, Vauxhall, Rootes et al - to shame, at the time.
It was perhaps the other bits around the suspension which let the car down!
On the same basis, the Citrôens with ole-pneumatic suspension, like the ID range and the later more modern cars were superb; could be driven up and down a fairly high kerb at 70 mph with impunity.
Now, if they had had an engine from, say, Ferrari; styling by Carrozzeria Touring; and geometry by Chapman; plus trimming by Connolly, perhaps it would have been a World beater!
We also used to maintain an 1800 rally car that some romantic fool built with as many bits from Abingdon as he could source, as a copy of the few works cars. Ungainly brute.
But, in those days, we did many things for money!
