Convertibles and special bodies
Power Mechanics · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
Why a body without a roof must be strengthened elsewhere, and how special bodies are shaped entirely around one job.
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- What a vehicle body does
- Crumple zones and the safety cage
- Carrying loads and sealing out the weather
- Body shape and the air
- Saloon and hatchback
- The station wagon
- Van and pickup
- Bus and matatu bodies
- Convertibles and special bodies
- Choosing a body type
- The exterior body panels
- Glass, lights and trim
- The interior body parts
- What bodies are made of