Rolling chassis
A rolling chassis is the chassis without bodywork of a motor vehicle (car, truck, bus, or other vehicle), assembled with its final powertrain (engine and drivetrain).[citation needed]
Heavy vehicles[]
Separate chassis remain in use for almost all heavy vehicles ranging from pickup trucks to the biggest trucks and commercial passenger carrying vehicles.
The rolling chassis is delivered to the commercial body maker, coachbuilder, or bulk transporter on its own wheels, under its own power.
Automobiles[]
Rolling chassis was a stage of manufacture of every vehicle. Mass produced cars were supplied complete from the factory, but luxury cars like Rolls-Royce were supplied as a chassis from the factory to several bespoke coachbuilders like J Gurney Nutting & Co who would supply a body to the customer's order (or build a car which was sold from their showroom).
Automobile construction methods changed when unibody or monocoque combined chassis and body structures gradually replaced chassis.
Restoration[]
In restoration circles rolling chassis is a name given to a with wheels and suspension but without engine and transmission.
- Some automobile chassis
Rolling X-frame chassis
Rolling platform frame 1965 Miura
Rolling platform frame AK 427 Cobra replica rolling chassis
Old-fashioned space frame Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing W180
Current unified body and chassis frame Mercedes SLS R197
See also[]
Media related to Rolling chassis at Wikimedia Commons
- Glider (automobiles), an otherwise complete motor vehicle that lacks some or all of the powertrain
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