Originally Posted by MoparMuscle
OK... Wow.. you're an idiot. OK.. since the 60's... OK so how about the 70 challenger... no.. i bet that WASNT a full frame.. NOT. obviously it was. Challenger, Cuda, GTO, Chevelle, Torino, Mustang, Camaro, Satelite, etc. All full frames there bud. And that's just mentioning a few. Ok so anyone else wanna comment on my question? Cuz obviously this guy doesn't know.
Let me shed some light here... As far back as I can remember all Mopar cars were unibody with a front cradle / subframe they called a K frame. The torsion bars were secured to a seperate body mounted crossmember that also held the transmission mount. Sorry, the old Cuda and Satelite platforms, along with the Road Runner style, even the Fury and big Chryslers were all considered Unibody cars. Dodge trucks are full frame but, vans are unibody. Ford Torino and Mustangs are unibody with a suspension / engine mount cradle and Pinto's too. GM A body cars (Chevelle type body) were Body-on-Frame full frame cars along with Vetts untill the C4's bonded hydroform intergal structure. Camaro's ,from 1967 untill '81, had a unibody rear shell with a front stub frame. In '82 the Camaro had a full unibody construction. The '67 - 81 F body (Camaro/Firebird) design was first used by GM in '65 on the first Nova. The Nova replaced a Unibody car that GM produced from '60 to '64 ( I don't remember the platform designation. It had a front engine and a rear transaxle) . Remember the old Corvairs, they were unibody. Unibody structure cars have been around since the '40's. How about VW Bugs? Even though the body was bolted to the floor pan they are considered to be a unibody design
The DCX LX platform is a full UNIBODY structural design. The front and rear suspension is mounted to an isolated cradle. The cradles are used to increase the strength of the suspension mount areas without having to over design the body structure. The LX front cradle also holds the engine mounts but the transmission crossmember is bolted to the floor pan. The front springs and upper control arms are mounted in the front apron structure. The rear springs along with the shocks are mounted to the inner quarter structure. All of the rear suspension control arms are bolted to the cradle
