Imperials and other Mopar models

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When you cook rice it gets even softer.   I Jokes  RC
--- Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
Dear Dale,
> 
> One of the advantages of unibody construction is it
> does not require
> heavy gauge steel, or as much steel, as body on
> frame construction.  A
> unibody derives most of its strength from the way
> it's put together--
> two thinner, lighter pieces working together to do
> the work of one heavy
> piece.  If you were to completely disassemble some
> unibodies you would
> be surprised how thin and flexible the panels are--
> it's only when
> they're welded together that they're strong.
> 
> I worked in a H**** parts dept. for a summer and I
> was amazed at how
> easy it was to bend a door skin from one of these
> cars-- I could've bent
> it in half easily.  Not so with an Imperial!  But
> when you put it all
> together, it's very strong.
> 
> Mark
> 
> MNTwin1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > It was interesting to see the very definite
> difference in the gauge of
> > the sheet metal.  The New Yorker, which is
> unibody, has a much thinner
> > gauge metal floor.  The Imperial, body on frame
> construction, was
> > definitely thicker.  No wonder these cars weigh as
> much as they do.  I
> > would have thought the unibody car would have
> thicker gauge steel.
> 
> 
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