From some 3,500 components Workhorse builds dozens of different configurations a week a delivery truck for newspapers, for example, requires a heavier chassis and suspension system and a longer wheel base than one for a florist; yet both might have to roll out of the plant on the same day.
Workhorse builds dozens of different configurations a week from some 3,500 components–a delivery truck for newspapers, for example, requires a heavier chassis and suspension system and a larger wheel base than one for a florist; yet both might have to roll out of the plant on the same day.
This system had already been installed on the AMX-13, in lieu of a heavier chassis, using a turret designated the S 401 A. Although this particular vehicle began production in 1962, the appearance of the AMX-30 offered a larger chassis to which the S 401 A turret could be mounted on, providing superior mobility.
Type I is based upon a heavy truck chassis and is used primarily for Advanced Life Support and rescue work.
A series of engine dynamometer and heavy-duty chassis dynamometer tests were performed at West Virginia University early in 1999.
The Secret Service dictates much of the design of the presidential limousine, such as a heavy-duty chassis and armored material.
The latter's light but stiff monocoque body carried the various loads through its outer structure like an aircraft fuselage, rather than via a heavy frame-like chassis, as the C-Type and other cars had largely done till then.
This was due to an accident suffered by driver Sébastien Bourdais during testing prior to the previous race, which had resulted in the chassis sustaining heavy damage.
It's expected that the 350Z Roadster will get the same 287-hp V-6 engine as the hardtop, but it may be slightly heavier due to necessary chassis stiffening required to reduce torsional flex, which will be created when the lid is removed.
Instead of a heavy pickup truck frame, the new Explorer would be built on a lighter car chassis, the same one used by the Ford Taurus.
