Claude isn't all wrong here. In the late seventies the Ford plant I worked in installed two perfectly level pads in our final area to measure a percentage of vehicle bumper heights each production shift per government regulations. We were building Crown Victoria's at the time. My job then had nothing to do with that particular area but I remember walking past those pads many times. The reasoning behind the regulation was to get bumpers on all vehicles to match up thereby reducing damage in low impact collisions. Remember the MG's of that era suddenly got ugly rubber bumpers and they sat several inches further off the ground than previous models. Bruce Benson > Claude, > > I'm almost afraid to ask, but do you have any real proof here?? (note the > "Documented Proof" in the subject line) This is exactly the kind of > speculation we're *not* looking for. > > Jake Kamphoefner > 1063 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/