body-on-chassis

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• body shop — ☆ body shop n. a garage where repair work on the body and chassis of automotive vehicles is done …   English World dictionary

• chassis — /ˈʃæzi / (say shazee) noun (plural chassis /ˈʃæziz / (say shazeez)) 1. the frame, wheels, and machinery of a motor vehicle, on which the body is supported. 2. Gunnery the frame or rails on which a gun carriage moves backwards and forwards. 3. the …  

• Body-on-frame — is an automobile construction technology. Mounting a separate body to a rigid frame which supports the drivetrain was the original method of building automobiles, and its use continues to this day. The original frames were made of wood (commonly… …   Wikipedia

• Body flex — is a lack of rigidity in a motor vehicle s chassis. It is often something to be avoided by car manufacturers as higher levels of body flex is a sign of structural weakness, and means that the vehicle s suspension cannot work as efficiently the… …   Wikipedia

• body — [n1] physique anatomy, bag of bones*, beefcake*, bod*, boody*, build, carcass, chassis, constitution, embodiment, figure, form, frame, makeup, mortal part, protoplasm, shaft, shape, tenement, torso, trunk; concept 405 Ant. mind, soul, spirit body …   New thesaurus

• chassis — [chas′ē, shas′ē] n. pl. chassis [chas′ēz, shas′ēz΄] [Fr châssis: see CHASE2] 1. a frame on which the carriage of a cannon moves back and forth 2. the part of a motor vehicle that includes the engine, the frame, suspension system, wheels, steering …   English World dictionary

• body — [bäd′ē] n. pl. bodies [ME bodi, bodig < OE bodig, trunk, chest, orig. sense “cask,” akin to MLowG boddike, tub for brewing, OHG botah; prob. < It bottega, shop < L apotheca: see APOTHECARY] 1. the whole physical structure and substance… …   English World dictionary

• Body in white — or BIW refers to the stage in automotive design or automobile manufacturing in which the car body sheet metal (including doors, hoods, and deck lids) has been assembled or designed but before the components (chassis, motor) and trim (windshields …   Wikipedia

• Body Frame Integral — (BFI) is a methodology for manufacturing within the automotive industry. It has become the main technique for chassis assembly for most vehicles except trucks and large sport utility vehicles, replacing the traditional approach of body on frame… …   Wikipedia

• Body shop (disambiguation) — Body shop or bodyshop may refer to: *A type of automobile repair shop that specializes in the repair and refinishing of automobile car bodies, chassis and carosseries after collisions *The Body Shop, a chain of cosmetics stores *Body shop, a type …   Wikipedia

• Chassis — Chas sis, n. [F. ch[^a]ssis.] (Mil.) 1. A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See {Gun carriage}.] [1913 Webster] 2. The under part of an automobile or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English