<VV> Chrysler Airflow: Unibody?

[J R Read_HML]

OK...  How about Stout Scarab?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stout_Scarab

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mel Francis" <mfrancis at wi.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 7:40 PM
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
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Wrsssatty at aol.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 7:09 PM
> 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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