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Old 06-18-2013, 08:40 AM   #97
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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson View Post
Don't underestimate the structural contribution to chassis stiffness of what are essentially thinwall tubes - as long as they are loaded in their stiff/strong directions. These pieces of roof side structure are basically the entire difference in roof structure between a convertible and a coupe.


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Too bad we don't have empirical evidence of this from 4th gen testing. Has it been 20 years?
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