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I sympathize with your desire for a simple, easy, quick, and cheap fix. Those options are seldom available on a 40/50 y/o car. I'd recommend verifying both torsion bars are in good condition (like not broken). Then I'd take down the threaded adjusters and give them a good cleaning.
Cars with the big rubber bumpers had certain Federal U.S. ride height parameters to meet back in the day. This was done with, among other things, big steel 1/2" thick washers on top of the strut tower. Removing those effectively lower the car to what was called "Euro ride height." My advice is don't lower the car to Euro ride height without first removing these spacers. Others may have a different opinion but it doesn't make sense to raise ride height with the spacers and then try to lower if by re-indexing the T-Bars.
To put it back together, put the adjusters in the middle of their travel. Then index both T-bars at the angle the nearly correct side was, or index it up one click to raise it as a starting point. Put the car down, maybe drive around the block, and run it up on a level floor and start measuring ride height. The anal among us might put enough redi-crete in the drivers seat to simulate a driver, and a half tank of gas.
Also, always put the T-Bars back in the way they came out. They've been twisting a certain direction all their lives. Now is not the time to reverse the twist. When you get close, dial in your ride height with the screws.
Also you can level your garage floor with linoleum squares to get level so your measurement are the same side-to-side. If you go to all this trouble, now is a good time to zero the rack, center the steering wheel, and re-set your toe-in.
Good luck!
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