Welcome to the site!! 'Tis the best!!
Okay - my own real time seat time -- no "engineering" included. I had the stock frame under my 56 Nomad - I decided to upgrade to some new tubular A arms... what these arms did - was improved the straight line tracking because I could now dial in some caster... BIG IMPROVEMENT. You go from 0 or 1 degree of caster to 5 -- BIG difference...
Now -- The tubular A arms also allowed me to run coilovers -- I have QA1 - but that's just a brand -- what this allowed me to do is --- SET RIDE HEIGHT --- and Dial in the rebound on the shock to SUIT ME... and the ride I want.
So another BIG improvement... Expensive yes --- Worth it..... Well -- for me it was so worth it -- I bought a whole new frame! LOL But now my handling is 100 X's better and the ride is better - because the frame is 'stiffer' - and because it has coilovers all the way around... and Rack and pinion steering is responsive and tight - as is the suspension...
But I did it "because I could" and "wanted to".... So in the end - it's still as you said - depends on how you're going to use it and what turns your crank.
