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30-790: Presented in June 1998, the Pantheon (also called with the chassis code Honda FES 125 or Honda FES 150 depending on the engine) was the twin of the Honda Foresight 250 (FES 250) but unlike the latter it was available with smaller 125 or 150 cm³ two-stroke Euro 1 approved engines thanks to the standard ACR catalyst. Production took place at the Honda italian plant in Atessa. 70% of the components are produced in Italy. The 125 engine delivers 14.7 hp (10.8 kW) at 9,000 rpm and

60-550: A fork with 33 mm stanchions and double shock absorber at the rear. At the front there is a 110-90 13-inch diameter wheel; at the rear there is a 12-inch 130-70 wheel. The braking system consists of a 240 mm hydraulic disc with three-piston caliper at the front, and a 220 mm hydraulic disc with single-piston caliper at the rear. Mather, Phil (2004). Twist and Go (automatic transmission) Scooters 50 to 250cc . Haynes. p. Data 11. ISBN   1844250822 . This motorcycle, scooter or moped-related article

90-497: A chassis. The same body design might then be adjusted to suit different brands of chassis. Examples include Salmons & Sons ' Tickford bodies with a patent device to raise or lower a convertible's roof, first used on their 19th-century carriages, or Wingham convertible bodies by Martin Walter . Separate coachbuilt bodies became obsolete when vehicle manufacturers found they could no longer meet their customers' demands by relying on

120-748: A coarser kind. From the beginning of the automobile industry manufacturers offered complete cars assembled in their own factories commonly using entire bodies made by specialist people using different skills. Soon after the start of the twentieth century mass production coachbuilders developed such as Mulliners or Pressed Steel in Great Britain, Fisher Body , Budd , Briggs in the U. S., or Ambi-Budd in Germany. Many other big businesses remain involved. Many coachbuilt chassis would come with all lights, standard instruments and their panel, engine cover, mudguards and running boards and spare wheel(s) There remained

150-406: A heavy, rigid cabinet, while in other designs such as modern computer cases , lightweight covers or panels are attached to the chassis. The combination of chassis and outer covering is sometimes called an enclosure . In firearms, the chassis is a bedding frame on long guns such as rifles to replace the traditionally wooden stock , for the purpose of better accurizing the gun. The chassis

180-443: A market for bodies to fit low production, short-run and luxury cars. Custom or bespoke bodies were made and fitted to another manufacturer's rolling chassis by the craftsmen who had previously built bodies for horse-drawn carriages. Bespoke bodies are made of hand-shaped sheet metal, often aluminum alloy. Pressed or hand-shaped the metal panels were fastened to a wooden frame of particularly light but strong types of wood. Later many of

210-514: A maximum torque of 15 Nm at 6,500 rpm. The 150 engine delivers 16.9 hp (12.4 kW) at 7,000 rpm and peak torque of 17.3 Nm at 7,500 rpm. At the beginning of 2000 it was one of the best-selling scooters in Italy. The second generation was presented at the Bologna Motor Show in December 2002 and went on sale in the first months of 2003; this model maintains the frame of the previous series but has

240-656: A metal-on-metal bearing surface that has reduced shifting potential under the stress of recoil . A barreled action bedded into a metal chassis would theoretically operate more consistently during repeated firing, resulting in better precision . With the increasing availability of CNC machining , chassis have become more affordable and sophisticated as well as gained increasing popularity as these types of chassis can be expanded to accommodate customizable "furniture" ( buttstock , pistol grip , etc.) and rail interface systems that provide mounting points for various accessories. Coachwork A coachbuilder or body-maker

270-628: A rolling chassis provided by an independent manufacturer. A 'conversion' is built inside an existing vehicle body. Many renowned automotive coachbuilders are based in Italy and France . In the Italian language , a coachbuilding company is called a carrozzeria , while in the French language it is called a carrosserie . A British trade association the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers

300-411: A shell or even reduced to an air intake, was or held the visual element identifying the chassis' brand. To let car manufacturers maintain some level of control over the final product their warranties could be voided if coachbuilders fitted unapproved bodies. As well as bespoke bodies the same coachbuilders also made short runs of more-or-less identical bodies to the order of dealers or the manufacturer of

330-504: A simple separate chassis (on which a custom or bespoke body could be built) mounted on leaf springs on beam axles . Unibody or monocoque combined chassis and body structures became standardised during the middle years of the 20th century to provide the rigidity required by improved suspension systems without incurring the heavy weight, and consequent fuel penalty of a truly rigid separate chassis. The improved more supple suspension systems gave vehicles better road-holding and much improved

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360-625: A totally new design much more streamlined characterized by the "V-style" front with the large V-shaped headlight, while at the rear it has headlights similar in style to those of the Silver Wing maxiscooter. Production takes place at the Honda Italia plant in Atessa. The engine range consists of the new single-cylinder 125 cc and 150 cc four-stroke engines with two-valve distribution with single overhead shaft. The SOHC type engines, with PGM-FI electronic injection and liquid cooling, have

390-411: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chassis A chassis ( US : / ˈ tʃ æ s i / , UK : / ˈ ʃ æ s i / ; plural chassis /- i z / from French châssis [ʃɑsi] ) is the load -bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function. An example of a chassis is a vehicle frame ,

420-491: Is a person or company who manufactures bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles. Coachwork is the body of an automobile , bus , horse-drawn carriage , or railway carriage . The word "coach" was derived from the Hungarian town of Kocs . A vehicle body constructed by a coachbuilder may be called a "coachbuilt body" ( British English ) or "custom body" ( American English ). Prior to the popularization of unibody construction in

450-409: Is usually made from hard metallic material such as aluminium alloy (and less frequently stainless steel , titanium alloy or recently magnesium alloy ) due to metals having superior stiffness and compressive strength compared with wood or synthetic polymer , which are commonly used in conventional rifle stocks. The chassis essentially functions as a more extensive pillar bedding, providing

480-643: The Bugatti Type 57 , Cadillac V-16 , Packard Twelve , Ferrari 250 , Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 , Hispano-Suiza J12 , and all Rolls-Royces produced before World War II. Delahaye had no in-house coachworks, so all its chassis were bodied by independents, who created their designs on the Type 135. For the Delahaye , most were bodied by Chapron , Labourdette, Franay , Saoutchik , Figoni et Falaschi , or Pennock . The practice continued after World War II waning dramatically in

510-405: The intermodal trucking industry, a chassis is a type of semi-trailer onto which a cargo container can be mounted for road transport. In an electronic device (such as a computer ), the chassis consists of a frame or other internal supporting structure on which the circuit boards and other electronics are mounted. In some designs, such as older ENIAC sets, the chassis is mounted inside

540-468: The 1950s and 1960s. Rolls-Royce debuted its first unibody model, their Silver Shadow , in 1965. Independent coachbuilders survived for a time after the mid-20th century, making bodies for the chassis produced by low-production companies such as Rolls-Royce , Ferrari , and Bentley . Producing body dies is extremely expensive (a single door die can run to US$ 40,000), which is usually only considered practical when large numbers are involved—though that

570-564: The 1960s, there were many independent coachbuilders who built bodies on chassis provided by a manufacturer, often for luxury or sports cars. Many manufacturers such as Ferrari outsourced all bodywork to coachbuilders such as Pininfarina and Scaglietti . Coachbuilders also made custom bodies for individual customers. The coachbuilder craftsmen who might once have built bespoke or custom bodies continue to build bodies for short runs of specialized commercial vehicles such as luxury motor coaches or recreational vehicles or motor-home bodied upon

600-469: The HECS3 catalytic converter system (Honda catalytic converter) and are Euro 2 approved. The engine power is transmitted to the rear wheel via a centrifugal clutch and a transmission. continuously variable V-belt. The 125 delivers 13.8 hp at 9,000 rpm and maximum torque of 11.7 Nm at 8,500 rpm. The 150 delivers 15.9 hp (11.7 kW) at 9,000 rpm and maximum torque of 14.2 Nm at 8,500 rpm. The components include

630-541: The U.S. defines the design standards of chassis and body conversions. An armoured fighting vehicle 's hull serves as the chassis and comprises the bottom part of the AFV that includes the tracks , engine, driver's seat, and crew compartment. This describes the lower hull, although common usage might include the upper hull to mean the AFV without the turret . The hull serves as a basis for platforms on tanks , armoured personnel carriers , combat engineering vehicles , etc. In

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660-424: The curved woodwork alone called for considerable skill. Making the iron axles, springs and other metal used was the work of the “coach-smith,” one of the most highly paid classes of London workmen. The coating of the interior of the coach with leather and painting, trimming, and decorating the exterior called for specialist tradesmen with a high degree of skill. Building carts and wagons required similar skills, but of

690-450: The frames near the end of the line. An underbody (sometimes referred to as " coachwork "), which is usually not necessary for the integrity of the structure, is built on the chassis to complete the vehicle. For commercial vehicles , a rolling chassis consists of an assembly of all the essential parts of a truck without the body to be ready for operation on the road. A car chassis will be different from one for commercial vehicles because of

720-415: The heavier loads and constant work use. Commercial vehicle manufacturers sell "chassis only", "cowl and chassis", as well as " chassis cab " versions that can be outfitted with specialized bodies. These include motor homes , fire engines , ambulances , box trucks , etc. In particular applications, such as school buses , a government agency like National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in

750-734: The more important structural features of the bespoke or custom body such as A, B and C pillars were cast alloy components. Some bodies such as those entirely alloy bodies fitted to some Pierce-Arrow cars contained little or no wood, and were mounted on a conventional steel chassis. The car manufacturer would offer for sale a chassis frame , drivetrain (consisting of an engine, gearbox, differential, axles, and wheels), brakes, suspension, steering system, lighting system, spare wheel(s), front and rear mudguards (vulnerable and so made of pressed steel for strength and easy repair) and (later) bumpers, scuttle (firewall) and dashboard . The very easily damaged honeycomb radiator , later enclosed and protected by

780-441: The ride experienced by passengers. Larger car dealers or distributors would commonly preorder stock chassis and the bodies they thought most likely to sell and order them for sale off their showroom floor. All luxury vehicles during the automobile's Golden Era before World War II were available as chassis only. For example, when Duesenberg introduced their Model J, it was offered as chassis only, for $ 8,500. Other examples include

810-515: The trade dealt with the timber, iron, leather, brass and other materials used in their construction. And there were many minor specialists with each of these categories. The “body-makers” produced the body or vehicle itself, while the “carriage-makers” made the stronger timbers beneath and around the body. The timbers used included ash, beech, elm, oak, mahogany, cedar, pine, birch and larch. The tools and processes used were similar to those used in cabinet-making, plus other specific to coach-making. Making

840-570: The underpart of a motor vehicle , on which the body is mounted; if the running gear such as wheels and transmission, and sometimes even the driver's seat, are included, then the assembly is described as a rolling chassis . In the case of vehicles, the term rolling chassis means the frame plus the "running gear " like engine , transmission , drive shaft , differential , and suspension . The "rolling chassis" description originated from assembly production when an integrated chassis "rolled on its own tires" just before truck bodies were bolted to

870-525: Was incorporated in 1630. Some British coachmaking firms operating in the 20th century were established even earlier. Rippon was active in the time of Queen Elizabeth I , Barker founded in 1710 by an officer in Queen Anne 's Guards. Brewster , the oldest in the U.S., was formed in 1810. Coach-building had reached a high degree of specialization in Britain by the middle of the 19th century. Separate branches of

900-527: Was the path taken by Rolls-Royce and Bentley after 1945 for their own in-house production. Because dies for pressing metal panels are so costly, from the mid 20th century, many vehicles, most notably the Chevrolet Corvette , were clothed with large panels of fiberglass -reinforced resin, which only require inexpensive molds. Glass has since been replaced by more sophisticated materials, if necessary hand-formed. Generally, these replace metal only where weight

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