<VV> Chrysler Airflow: Unibody?

[Marc Marcoulides]

57 Lincoln was unibody

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>From: Mel Francis <mfrancis at wi.rr.com>
>Sent: Jun 22, 2009 5:40 PM
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>Subject: Re: <VV> Chrysler Airflow:  Unibody?
>
>I don't think front fenders have to weld in place, in order for the body 
>shell to be called a uni-body.
>What's really important, is that there's not a separate frame under the main 
>body structure.
>
>Think of the Porsche, a definite uni-body and it has front fenders that bolt 
>on, as do many other uni-body makes, since they're
>more likely to need replacing, usually being the first damaged.
>
>Come to think of it, Corvairs would have been much more serviceable with 
>bolt-on front fenders, too!
>
>Mel Francis
>'65 Monza Convertible
>
>
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>Subject: <VV> Chrysler Airflow: Unibody?
>
>
>> My recollection is that, while pioneering in its use of unitized
>> construction, the Chrysler Airflow was not entirely unibody.  I believe it 
>> had bolt
>> on front fenders.
>>
>> ~Bill Stanley
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