For the older veterans of this site, pardon the repeat, but some of you new guys may be interested in this story.
I acquired my 98 Unique in 2003, and two weeks after I took delivery, a young woman in a Ford Focus decided to back into my passenger side, broadside, in a shopping center parking lot. Obviously, it was low speed, but hard enough to severly crack or dent the average car.
My car suffered scuffs on the door and fender, but no cracks of any kind. All I had to do was wet-sand and polish, no painting at all.
It is a very strong body, indeed.
Clay
1998 Unique #9299,
427FE side oiler (452.1-stroker)
Top-loader (close), 3.31 rear
Annapolis, MD