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Unless he can prove that the factory intentionally engineered these cars with flex in the unibody his entire premise is wrong. The answer is far more likely is they just didn't care. Tires back then didn't grip like they do now and suspensions were intentionally weak for ride comfort. The flex was a byproduct of simply not having to care and cost savings.
That being said, even a grocery getter from this era that I drive would be receiving a pair of frame ties.
A good majority of modern cars have full length subframes. I don't believe his theory about why they built cars the way they did. What I've found in the past 35 years after working on cars for a living is, when a manufacturer does something that seems silly or poor engineering is, it was to satisfy the bean counter accountants. A lot of times it comes back to bite them in the backside, when the cost savings measures cause failures in the field, then they have to issue a recall or campaign and pay to have a fix performed. Sometimes it costs the company WAY more than they saved, the Pinto is one example. The engineers wanted to put a bladder in the fuel tank and a shield behind the tank to prevent fires in a rear end collision, but the bean counters said no. Well, we all know how that turned out.That being said ; How do you think your ride from this era would ride if you did tie the frames together ?
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LOL!WOW, they found Steven Js stolen Mod Top Hemi Cuda. ITS IN CHINA rebadged as a charger.
WOW, they found Steven Js stolen Mod Top Hemi Cuda. ITS IN CHINA rebadged as a charger.