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vehicle frame
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internal vehicle frame
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Encyclopedic overview
A rolling chassis is the fully assembled chassis of a motor vehicle (car, truck, bus, or other vehicle) without its bodywork. It is equipped with running gear (engine and drivetrain) and ready for delivery to a coachbuilder to be completed. Historically, bespoke luxury automobiles were finished inside and out to an owner's specifications by a coachbuilder, and specialty vehicles (such as fire engines) were outfitted by firms devoted to that task.
The term is also used to describe the chassis and running gear of a vehicle in a body-off restoration.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vehicle frame” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.