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Old 03-01-2015, 03:11 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nimblemotors View Post
The body provides the protection.
Just like it does for just about every car made. They stopped making body-on-frame cars a long time ago. Version Two will not have a steel frame like this one. V2 is basically a whole new car, but uses the current body as a buck for making a mold for the outer panels of the new one.
Not that it wouldnt be posible. More that it would weight more to do Than when you would inlclude it in the frame i would think. Even because you say you would use the outside for V2. How doe you want to strengthen it on the inside? With an extra frame?
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