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mannydantyla · 10-29-2018, 04:21 PM

I'm wondering how the Karmann Ghia body shell will hold up without a frame. VW did not design it to be a unibody car. Technology has advanced quite a bit and today's cars use special steel and structure techniques to get away without a frame underneath the body. The door pillars, roof, and even the windshield are all major parts of the unibody. I do not know if that is true for a Prius, maybe it is special or something. You did successful drive it around a parking lot without the top of the unibody.

What do you think?

10-29-2018, 04:21 PM	#184 (permalink)
mannydantyla EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Lawrence, Kansas Posts: 102 Aerokee - '97 Jeep Cherokee XJ sport 90 day: 18.22 mpg (US) Scrambler - '74 Honda CL200 Motorcycle 90 day: 55 mpg (US) Thanks: 70 Thanked 40 Times in 25 Posts	I'm wondering how the Karmann Ghia body shell will hold up without a frame. VW did not design it to be a unibody car. Technology has advanced quite a bit and today's cars use special steel and structure techniques to get away without a frame underneath the body. The door pillars, roof, and even the windshield are all major parts of the unibody. I do not know if that is true for a Prius, maybe it is special or something. You did successful drive it around a parking lot without the top of the unibody. What do you think? Last edited by mannydantyla; 10-29-2018 at 04:49 PM..