It is much more likely that the crumple tubes are just rusted out. Once they rust bad enough they can't hold the front parts in place anymore and the structure collapses. The other problem was the sway bar. The factory added reenforcing brackets to spread the load. If you don't have them that will contribute to the problem. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Erik Geerdink <dmcerik@xxxx> wrote: > My front crumple tube on my old frame was collapsing on both sides. While talking to another Delorean owner with a lot of experience, he said that was fromthe weight of the car as you brake being sent to the fr To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/