A rolling chassis is the fully assembled chassis of a motor vehicle without its bodywork. It is equipped with running gear and ready for delivery to a coachbuilder to be completed. Historically, bespo
Rolling X-frame chassis
Rolling platform frame AK 427 Cobra replica rolling chassis
Hand-crafted space frame Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing W180 in "rolling chassis" form during restoration
1932 rolling chassis for Ford vans
A vehicle frame, also historically known as its chassis, is the main supporting structure of a motor vehicle to which all other components are attached, comparable to the skeleton of an organism.
Rolling chassis
…The term is also used to describe the chassis and running gear of a vehicle in a body-off restoration. Prior to unibodied vehicles, the rolling chassis stage was common to the manufacture of all motorcars. Mass-produced cars were supplied complete from the factory, but…
Ladder frame pickup truck chassis holds the vehicle's engine, drivetrain, suspension, and wheels
The unibody - for the unitized body - is also a form of a frame
A ladder frame, named for its shape
Pickup truck frame, with heavy c-shaped longitudinal rails (slightly arced over the rear axle), a similarly sized c-shaped crossmember just forward of the axle, and a tophat-shaped smaller gauge crossmember towards the rear