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Re: [GMCnet] New Owner Questions [message #320572 is a reply to message #320531]

Sun, 16 July 2017 20:29

Bruce Hart

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On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Ken Henderson
wrote:

> Discussing the frame's stiffness in isolation from the aircraft-style body
> construction is sort of a futile exercise. Undoubtedly the combination of
> the two was more than just adequate, even though it obviously left the
> frame less robust than we might like in some aspects -- 40 years later.
>
> Ken H.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Les Burt wrote:
>
>> Having a spare frame in my yard for a few years, and moving it around
> with
>> my tractor, it amazed me how flexible it is. The frame easily twists if
> you
>> try lifting from a corner. The body & frame when combined, work together
> as
>> a system. I doubt that you would notice much handling difference (if
> any)
>> between a thicker Stuckley frame and a factory OEM setup.
>>
>> Les Burt
>> Montreal
>> '75 Eleganza 26'
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 16, 2017, at 8:55 AM, Johnny Bridges via Gmclist > gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> "What we have here is a failure to communicate..." Or more correctly a
>> difference in semantics. My take is the frame is obviously adequate in
> that
>>> the coaches have lasted this long. It is however much lighter than I'd
>> like... it flexes and is easily bent. I am of the opinion that GM
> chassis
>>> engineers lightened it as much as possible. They were overloading the
>> drive line roughly twice what it was originally intended fir so they took
>> out
>>> what they could. I'd like to drive one of the reframed coaches to see
>> how much a stiffer frame improves the handling, if any.
>>>
>>> --johnny
>>> --
>>> 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
>>> Braselton, Ga.
>>> "I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to
>> me in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased
>>>
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