The original chassis demonstrated to the members how much flex was present both torsional and longitudinally. It was apparent that the original is not as rigid as claimed.

Martin discussed areas for members to look at when they are concerned about their frames- cracked Engine mounts,  cracking around shock tower bolts, rear shock plates cracking, rear buckling under rear axle area, compression buckling on main frame rails forward of the front foot wells, splitting of the welds along the rails, crushed front cross member effecting the lower A arms and front end alignment. One or more of these failures will be found in over 90% of Austin Healeys.

Members asked if webbing in the main rails offered any resolution to these issues. Martin advised the webbing offers some assistance to the longitual support of the main rail but addressed none of the more crucial issues related to the skuttle shake and the handling of the car. Skuttle shake is caused by the lack of torsional rigidity. Torsional rigidty is what controls the positioning of suspension components. This positioning must be constant at all times.