1988 Towncar

[Will183]

I have a 1988 towncar that is in excellent condition. However, i did not realize that she had a weak frame until I was dropping off my brother in a place I had never been. I was doing the speed limit (55) and all of a sudden while going down a hill, i hit a couple of whoopdie doo-s in the road which caused my car to jump up and frame out on the next bump and it happened twice in the matter of a second. Anyways, this did not break anything, but when I go down the road now and hit a bump, the car stays still while the nose moves about a half of an inch. I do not feel like doing a frame swap on her because I have way too much money in the recent rebuild I did to the engine, transmission, and rear end. So I came to the decision that I will part her out or sell her as a complete parts car. However, there is not a thing wrong with her otherwise. If this might interest any of you Towncar lovers, e-mail me at [email protected] I have pictures readily availabe to anyone who asks for them, but use my e-mail as I dont check this site everyday. Thanks.

[Mr Wiggl3s]

Im way lost on what your saying, so you went down a hill, hit some pot-holes, and what happened after that?

[Will183]

I call them whoopdie doos cause i used to race rallye, what they really are called up here is frost heaves. When they form it makes some waves in the road. I wound up jumping on one and hit the frame where it bends up around the fire wall which caused my frame to almost snap in half, there is a fracture about 3/4 of the way through it on both rails. That is all the damage that was caused, there are no broken lines, no nothing, not even damage to my freshly rebuilt engine and tranny, thats the only place it hit. So I hope this cleared up the confusion, thanks for the reply tho it lets me know people actually read into posts.