Some people have also suggested mounting the body in pieces, like the original car. This is a project in itself, since you need to fiberglass small lips for the panels to fit on top of each other. I would think it is the right way to go, especially in the case someone rams into you, but again, it is a lot of work.
The Mirage 355 comes this way... Bolting everything on is pretty straight forward with no siginificant fears of chasis stress damaging the parts. I agree, separate panels relieves this situation considerably.
Using Poly sounds like a fine idea too.
Looking at my Losus Esprit Turbo, which is a full fiberglass and FRP/Poly design... The main body mounts on the chassis are bolted down with a giant rubber donnut sandwitched between the body and the chassis mounting plates. The other mounting points, such as the front corners of the front air dam and rear bumpers, are connected to other portings of the body with rods. Where two fiberglass or FRP panels are bolted to one another, they use long strips of flat steel on the insides of both panles the the bolts run through them. Plate, upper bumper, lower bumper, plate. Presumably to spread the stresses out and not pull through or crack the fiberglass. Still, other portions of the car, such as the rockers and the front A-arms are pop-riveted in place, then glassed over and painted.
I'll be using alot of these techniques when installing my body

Best of luck all!
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