Vehicle body prodn. process - involves body shell pre-assembled and fitted with pre-assembled roof panel passed through windscreen opening

摘要

The motor car body has a body shell consisting of floor assembly body sides (1) and front and rear cross members (2,3) and completely painted. The roof panel (4) is then pushed into the vehicle through the windscreen opening (11) to be raised vertically into position to be glued to the roof frame. The roof panel can be solid or with a sun roof and preassembled with a foam undercover over which is mounted a undercover and which is extended round the front and rear cross members as well as the roof side rails. A gap between the side rails and roof panel forms a rain drain trough. USE/ADVANTAGE - Motor car mfr system allows the type of vehicle to be fixed at a later time than in normal practice. The mfr method lends itself to simple automation.