Vehicle Body

Vehicle Body

Vehicle Body style history,and types.

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  • 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 the ...

  • 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 (rear ...

  • 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 a ...

  • 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 u ...

  • Space frame explained

    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, an ...

  • 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 o ...

  • Subframe explained

    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 body-on-fr ...

  • 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 car ...

  • 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 vo ...

  • Windshield Screen

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    Windshield Screen

    Windshield Screen The windshield or windscreen of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike or tram is the front window. Modern windshields are generally made of laminated safety glass, a ...

  • Wing mirrors

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    Wing mirrors

    Automotive Wing mirrors A wing mirror (also fender mirror, door mirror, or side mirror) is a mirror found on the exterior of motor vehicles for the purposes of helping the driver ...

  • Wings (Fenders)

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    Wings (Fenders)

    Car Wings (Fenders) Fender is the American English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well (the fender underside). Its primar ...