Vehicle Body

Vehicle Body

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  • Paint Wrinkling problems

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    Paint Wrinkling problems

    Paint Wrinkling problems This section includes Paint Wrinkling problems crinkling and puckering. Any condition that produces a lifting tendency will often initiate or aggravate ...

  • Pickup truck

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    Pickup truck View all Pick Up Trucks in related items Below. A pickup truck is a light duty truck having an enclosed cab and an open cargo area with low sides and tailgate. Once ...

  • Pillar (posts) A B C D

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    Pillar (posts) A B C D

    Car Pillar (posts) explained Pillars are the vertical or near vertical supports of an automobile's window area or greenhouse—designated respectively as the A, B, C or D-pillar ...

  • Ponton styling

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    Ponton styling

    Ponton styling explained Ponton or Pontoon styling refers to a 1930s–1960s design genre—ultimately the precursor of modern automotive styling. The trend emerged as distinct ...

  • Quarter (rear wing) panel

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    Quarter (rear wing) panel

    Quarter (rear wing) panel On an automobile, a quarter panel (or rear wing as it is known in British English) is usually considered the body panel which goes between the rear door ...

  • Quarter glass

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    Quarter glass

    Quarter glass Early type Car Quarter glass Quarter glass or quarter light on automobiles and closed carriages may be a side window in the front door or located on each side of ...

  • Rear view mirror

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    Car Rear-view mirror explained A rear-view mirror is a mirror in automobiles and other vehicles, designed to allow the driver to see rearward through the vehicle's backlight ...

  • Scissor (Lambo) doors

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    Scissor (Lambo) doors

    Scissor (Lambo) doors Scissor doors (also beetle-wing doors, jack-knife doors, switchblade doors, Lamborghini doors, and Lambo doors) are automobile doors that rotate vertically ...

  • semaphore signals (Trafficators)

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    semaphore signals (Trafficators)

    Car semaphore signals (Trafficators) explained Trafficators are semaphore signals which, when operated, protrude from the bodywork of a motor vehicle to indicate its intention to ...

  • Sliding door

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    Sliding door

    Sliding door A sliding door is a type of door that opens by sliding (usually horizontally), whereby the door is either mounted on or suspended from a track. These aren't usually ...

  • Slipstream (Drafting )

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    Slipstream (Drafting )

    Car Slipstream Explained A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid (typically air or water) is moving at velocities comparable to the moving object ...

  • Space frame explained

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    Space frame explained

    Space frame chassis Spaceframes are sometimes used in the chassis designs of automobiles and motorcycles. In both a spaceframe and a tube-frame chassis, the suspension, engine, ...

  • Spats (Fender) skirts

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    Spats (Fender) skirts

    Car Spats (Fender) skirts Fender skirts, known in Australia and the United Kingdom as spats, are pieces of bodywork on the fender that cover the upper portions of the rear tires ...

  • Subframe explained

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    Subframe explained

    Car Subframe explained A subframe is a structural component of a vehicle, such as an automobile or an aircraft, that uses a discrete, separate structure within a larger ...

  • Suicide door

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    Suicide door

    Suicide doors A suicide door is a car door hinged on the edge closer to the rear of the vehicle, also known as the trailing edge.Such doors were originally used on horse-drawn ...

  • Taxicabs

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    Taxicabs History Overland Model-31 Taxi Cab from 1909 View all Taxicabs in related items Below A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a ...

  • Three wheel Cars

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    Three wheel Cars

    Three wheel automobiles View all in related items Below. A three-wheeler is a vehicle with three wheels. Some are motorized tricycles, which may be legally classed as either ...

  • Three-box styling

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    Three-box styling

    Car Three-box styling Explained Three-box design is a broad automotive styling term describing a coupé, sedan, notchback or hatchback where — when viewed in profile — principal ...