My first car was a '68 Ranchero (Fairlane front half). So yes. Much more than I care to remember ;-)
The Spring and shock were mounted above the upper A
Except for the fact that the bottom mount of the shock (combined with the lower spring bucket) was on a pivot, so the first thing it did when you unbolted it was slam sideways as the coil spring tried to twist its way out of the mount. It also kept pressure on the two lower shock bolts all... the... way.... out... so that loosening and tightening them was a pain- no such thing as running the bolt in with your fingers and then wrenching the last two turns. Since the shock itself was what held the spring and lower bucket in alignment, the system also kept constant side-loading on the shock mechanism and on the top shock bushings causing both to wear out extremely fast. I've seen much WORSE examples of poor serviceability on cars (a Toyota PCV valve that requires removal of the intake manifold, for example). But the Ford front suspension was still a pain, and despite the fact that it was intended to be compact it STILL took up 10 times as much space under the hood as, for example, Mopar torsion-bar suspension.