bent frame

[Aren Jay]

If you bend a frame on a Marauder can you just remove the frame from the body and put on a new one?

[ImpalaSlayer]

yes or get it straightened

[finster101]

With the current value of the cars an insurance Co. would total it rather than replace the frame as it would be more cost effective.

[ImpalaSlayer]

i think he was just asking if it was possible

[Motorhead350]

I think people do a "frame tuck" which means they yank it back into place. Believe me I've had that done my car twice.

[Aren Jay]

I was watching a couple years back (curse of the good memory), a show about a guy in BC that had a Datsun or Nissan 240 280 something like that and he had a bent frame and because of that couldn't get it fixed being a frameless car or whatever they call it unibody or something. Anyway he couldn't get it insured and he couldn't sell it. So he parked in on his front lawn. I was just thinking if he had a body on frame car like our Marauders this wouldn't be a problem.

Do all Ford's have body on frame?

[sd8683]

Mustangs are uni body, not sure about the other cars, can't imagine a focus having a full frame??

[magindat]

My frame was diamond - not bent - after my wreck and Artie pulled it straight. Dead straight. Stock tolerances give a few millimeters. mine is dead nuts. Better than stock. Watched him do it. Friggin amazing.

You CAN take a body off a frame and replace a frame. On some newer high dollar truck based SUV's it's cost effective. Probly wouldn't be for us - at least to the insurance co.

[Breadfan]

Most cars today are unibody not body-on-frame. The MArauder and other Panther cars is one of the few CARS left that is body on frame.

Alot of trucks and SUVs are body on frame. An exception are smaller SUVs and crossovers, which are alot of time unibody if they're based on a car chassis.

[Stranger in the Black Sedan]

I can't think of another car that is still made that is full frame other than the panthers. The panther chassis is a dinosaur.

[magindat]

I can't think of another car that is still made that is full frame other than the panthers. The panther chassis is a dinosaur.

Correct. Last body on frame CAR in existance.

[Motorhead350]

Wait a sec, cars don't have frames much these days? WTF???

How... ddd... why... wow!

The more you know.

[Vortech347]

Trucks, Explorers, sport-trac's, and Panthers have full frames.

Everything else Ford makes is unibody. My Mustang twists like a tin can even with a 6-point cage in it.

[Master]

Buddy with the Datsun musn't have had much of a garage around. "Frame" straightening these days is a misnomer. Most reputable shops have a "Frame" straightener, but it is essentially used for tugging uni-bodies back into shape. I've had it done at least once as I recall.
My Dad had a bent frame on a new Ford back in the 50s and they ordered a new one in, hauled off the old and had him back on the road the next day. Can't imagine why they'd write off a 30k car for a frame and a couple of days labour.

[Dr Caleb]

Wait a sec, cars don't have frames much these days? WTF???

How... ddd... why... wow!

The more you know.

Look in the manual of some newer cars. Eg: Chrysler Intrepid . .Ford Focus . . .

You can't change a tire with a door open. Nor can you open a door when you have the car jacked up. And heaven help you if you jack it up with the jack anywhere else other than the designated jacking points.

All Unibodies are like that.

[finster101]

The MM is no longer a 30K car. It is a 12K car and you insurance Co. is not going to spend 12K to fix it. A 70K Escalade which is still worth 40K? They veiw that a little differently. Believe me you will see more and more MMs totaled simply due to the fact that is better for the insurance co.