Unibody structural integrity

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Unibody structural integrity

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I am considering chopping up an astro to build a small RV how much of the body can you cut away without having to add reinforcement?
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Re: Unibody structural integrity

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W/o reinforcement? none.

When Stan did his astromino and let it off the jack stands he had ripples in the body which points to stresses unaccounted for when cutting down to a pick-up.

I ran my '97 work van with barn doors on the back into the ditch one snowy day and the way it was sitting I couldn't open the back doors. That van has 280,000 miles and beat on all it's life so I expect a "little loose" but it was racked bad. When it as back on level road it was back to normal.
'93 Safari shorty, 350 swap
'05 Astro AWD, lifted, 6 liter, cammed, ported and programmed for fast.
'69 G10, straight 6, 3 onatree, jumped at me when I had a pocketful of cash looking for a spare astro. :)
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