[Excaliber]

Here is the quick and dirty method I use to test "frame" design/strength.

Using a floor jack I lift the car on one side near one of the front wheel, inboard just a little. IF the entire front end on the car, BOTH sides, lifts nearly the same hieght, you have a stiff and worthy frame! Jack it up fairly high, measure the difference between one front wheel and the other. It should not be very much!

FFR has very little "flex" in the regard. My Excalibur, longer wheel base, etc. had much more. My Austin Healey 3000 never "flinched", pretty much no matter WHERE you placed the jack!

Try THAT with a domestic car. The "other" front tire won't even leave the floor!

Ernie