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Technology in conversation (3) - Chassis and self-supporting bodies

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Created on April 20, 2020

Reading time 10min

Written by:

Gerhard Schütz

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

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Archiv Bertone

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Jacques Breuer

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Porsche AG / Porsche Schweiz AG

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daimler AG

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Daniel Reinhard

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Archiv Bertone

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Jacques Breuer

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Porsche AG / Porsche Schweiz AG

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daimler AG

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Lotus Elan 1500 (1962) - Vorstellung an der London Motor Show in Earls Court 1962, das X-Chassis

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Rollendes Chassis in der Werbung, Panhard & Levassor, um 1922

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Chassis Peugeot Type 3 von 1895. Das Kühlwasser wird in die Chassisrohre eingefüllt

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Chassis des Ferrari GTO von 1961

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Karosserie-Rohrgerüst auf dem Chassis des Ferrari 250 GTO

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Karosserie-Basis des Ferrari 250 GTO (1961) - im Louwman Museum in Den Haag

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Ferrari 312 B. Der flache 12-Zylinder ist an einem oberen Chassisträger aufgehängt und trägt mit

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Maserati Birdcage von 1961 - der Frontmotor ist eingebettet und nicht mehr auf das Chassis aufgesetzt

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Maserati Tipo 64 (1962) - Der V-12-Zylinder-Motor mit drei Litern Hubraum im Chassis

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Maserati Tipo 65 (1965) - Auspuffanlange und integrierter Motor

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Maserati Tipo 64 (1962) - Blick auf das Chassis

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Maserati T61 Birdcage (1959) - kein Wunder nannte man ihn einen Vogelkäfig (Birdcage) - an der Rétromobile Paris 2014

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Maserati Tipo 60/61 Birdcage (1959) - am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2015 in der Klasse I "Two Seats against the Stopwatch"

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Maserati Tipo 63 (Birdcage) - in letzter Minute am Genfer Autosalon 1961 präsentiert

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Maserati Tipo 64 (1962) - Durchsichtszeichnung

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Lamborghini Miura P 400 (1968) - Chassis des Miura P 400

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Ferrari T 1975 in Mischbauweise

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Porsche 917 (1969) - Rahmen des Wagens mit Chassis-Nummer 21, die blauen Stellen bezeichnen Brüche unterschiedlichen Ausmasses

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Der Rohrahmen des Porsche 917

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VW 1500 (1961) - das Chassis des neuen Volkswagen

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VW Käfer (1951) - Chassis - gesehen am Genfer Automobilsalon 1951

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Chassis des Alfa Romeo Tipo 160

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Panhard CD (1963) - die Serienversion in der Durchsichtszeichnung

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Tatra 57 (1923) - Fahrgestell, Teil der Tatra-Sonderschau - Rétromobile Paris 2020

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De Tomaso Vallelunga (1965) - Chassis des Mittelmotorsportwagens - Vogelperspektive

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Lotus Elan 1600 (1964) - Blick auf das Chassis, aufgenommen am Genfer Autosalon 1968

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Aufbau des Panhard CD X-89

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Zentralrohrrahmenchassis beim DB von 1957

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Plattform-Chassis des Panhard Z1 aus dem Jahr 1953

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Chassis/Karosserie-Aufbau des Citroën DS

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Teile des Citroën-Aubaus beim DS

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Aufbau des Citroën DS

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Chassis und fertiges Auto - Porsche 904 von 1964

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Der komplette Rahmen mit der Palatal-Karosse bestand aus extrem verwindungssteifen Stahlblechprofilen und wog nur 54 Kilogramm - Porsche 904 Carrera GTS (1964)

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Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Coupé (1964) - Der erste Porsche mit glasfaserverstärkter Kunststoffkarosserie macht durch sein Design und seine Fahrleistungen auf sich aufmerksam

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Porsche 904 Carrera GTS (1964) - der zentrale Karosserieteil aus GFK

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Porsche 904 Carrera GTS (1964) - die Teile der Kunststoffkarosserie

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Lancia Lambda VIII Serie (1929) - aus dem Schaffen von Bertone

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Citroën Légère von 1934 - Der Fahrschemel (Motor, Getriebe, Vorderachse) kann mit vier Schrauben montiert werden

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Citroën Légère - Presse für Seitenteile

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Crash-Test und Sicherheitsdenken bei Citroën schon lange vor Volvo

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Voisin C6 1923 - der erste Rennwagen mit Monocoque

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Lotus 25 mit Monocoque-Struktur

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Bau des Monocoque für den Lotus 25

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Glasfiberchassis Chaparral 2 von 1965

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Chaparral 2G Aluminiumchassis

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Porsche 956 (1982) - die Le Mans Version bei Testfahrten an den Boxen

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Mercedes-Benz 230 CE (1987) - Crashtest, Unfallversuch

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Summary

Almost 100 years ago, car designers were already building vehicles with self-supporting bodies. Despite this, separate chassis and bodies remained in vogue for decades, and even longer in motor racing. Why is that? And what hybrid forms exist and have existed. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches? Let's let the two buddies Albert and Exbert clarify the topic in conversation ...

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Colleagues Albert and Exbert are once again discussing cars and how they work, more specifically the topic of chassis construction and self-supporting bodies ... Exbert: So thoughtful today? Has Robert got you again... Albert: Don't tell me anything. Yes - he was annoying again. He said it was a paradox: in a bodywork, they would also repair chassis, not just dents. But there are no more chassis today . E: And now you wanted to ask what paradox means? A: Yes, that too. Doesn't that have something to do with the teeth? E: Albert, don't be silly. The gum disease is paradontosis.

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