摘要 |
1. A light utility vehicle comprising a cab (2) at the font and a body (3) in the form of a van or light van behind cab and having rigid walls and bounding an inner space (4) designed inter alia for conveying articles or goods, the body forming a kind of box which covers the substructure (5) of the vehicle behind the cab, the substructure inter alia comprising a floor, the body (3) being releasably secured to the vehicule substructure (5) and the rear of the cab (2) and the body walls being designed and interconnected in a sufficiently rigid manner for the body to be withdrawn in one piece from the vehicle without suffering harmful permanent deformation, the vehicle having a flat surface when the body is removed, characterized in that the body (3), which can be removed in one piece, comprises two side panels (A, B) connected at the top by a roof (C), the top edges (6) of the side panels and the adjacent sides (7) of the roof being shaped to produce a solid reinforcing member when they are fitted together, the roof having a rear cross-member (D) for forming a hollow transverse member (9).
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