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Originally Posted by Mike
That car would at a minimum lose square. If not fold in half
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You're going from one extreme to another. I don't really know how to prove this to you, but think about this... Do you think GM engineers would make an entire vehicle's chassis depend upon some flimsy sheet metal? Do you think this flimsy sheet metal, despite being able to bend it with your bare hands, is somehow simultaneously strong enough to hold your entire 3400lb car from "folding" in upon itself? Without this metal, your rear differential and k-member will bend, the sub-frame will collapse along with the bumpers/rad support, and your roof will form a V shape? That would be crazy... So just think about all these heavy-ass iron parts that connect to each other, they're what hold the car together. The crappy flimsy sheet metal is just there to separate you from the outside elements.
When it comes to the squareness of an f-body... It's probably not truly square to begin with nor was it when it came off the assembly line brand new.