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A rolling chassis is the chassis without bodywork of a motor vehicle ( car,
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.
File:Chassis (4689544886).jpg, Rolling X-frame chassis
File:1965 Turin Salon Miura Chassis -1.jpg, Rolling platform frame 1965 Miura
File:AK 427 Cobra replica rolling chassis - Flickr - exfordy.jpg, Rolling platform frame AK 427 Cobra replica rolling chassis
File:Mercedes-Benz SL 300 Chassis vl TCE.jpg, Old-fashioned space frame Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing W180
File:Mercedes R197 Chassis IAA 2011.jpg, Current unified body and chassis frame Mercedes SLS R197
A rolling chassis is the chassis without bodywork of a motor vehicle ( car, truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame constructi ...
, bus, or other vehicle), assembled with suspension and wheels.
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 severalbespoke
The word ''bespoke'' () has evolved from a verb meaning 'to speak for something', to its contemporary usage as an adjective. Originally, the adjective ''bespoke'' described tailor-made suits and shoes. Later, it described anything commissioned t ...
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
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.
Until the 1930s, virtually every car ha ...
or monocoque combined chassis and body structures gradually replaced chassis.
Restoration
In restoration circles rolling chassis is a name given to a bodyshell with wheels and suspension but without engine and transmission. ;Some automobile chassisSee also
* Glider (automobiles), an otherwise complete motor vehicle that lacks some or all of the powertrain Vehicle technology {{Auto-stub