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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
What? They went AWAY from body-on-frame for several reasons, weight reduction being one of the biggies.
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I always thought that too. But now I'm not so sure. I had a 1990 Mercury Grand Marques up until a few years ago. It was body on frame construction and weighed 3895lbs. The Dodge Charger, which is a smaller car in comparison, is over 4100lbs last time I checked. The Charger (the new ones) is uni-body construction.
The other thing is this. Look at how the fenders and such of the body on frame cars were produced. Stamped steel that comes out of a large press, now that we have eliminated the traditional frame, we can now stamp the cars skeleton out of a giant press also.