Coachbuilder GudangMovies21 Rebahinxxi LK21

      A coachbuilder manufactures bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles.
      The trade of producing coachwork began with bodies for horse-drawn vehicles. Today it includes custom automobiles, buses, motor coaches, and railway carriages.
      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), and is not to be confused with a custom car.
      Prior to the popularization of unibody construction in the 1960s, many independent coachbuilders built bodies on rolling chassis provided by luxury or sports car manufacturers, both for individual customers and makers themselves. Marques such as Ferrari originally outsourced all bodywork to coachbuilders such as Pininfarina and Scaglietti.
      Today, the coach building trade has largely shifted to making bodies for short runs of specialized commercial vehicles such as motor coaches and luxury recreational vehicles. A 'conversion' is built inside an existing vehicle body.
      Many renowned automotive coachbuilders have been based in Italy (carrozzeria) and France (carrosserie).


      Terminology


      Construction of specialty vehicle bodies has always been a skilled trade requiring a relatively lightweight product with sufficient strength. The manufacture of necessarily fragile, but satisfactory wheels by a separate trade, a wheelwright, held together by iron or steel tyres, was always most critical. From about AD 1000 rough vehicle construction was carried out by a wainwright, a wagon-builder. Later names include cartwright (a carpenter who makes carts, from 1587); coachwright; and coachmaker (from 1599). Subtrades include wheelwright, coachjoiner, etc. The word coachbuilder first appeared in 1794.


      Horse-drawn vehicles



      A British trade association the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers 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 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 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 a coarser kind.


      Automobiles


      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.


      = Specialist market sector

      =
      There remained 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 metal panels were fastened to a wooden frame of particularly light but strong types of wood. Later many of 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 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 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.


      = Obsolescence

      =
      Separate coachbuilt bodies became obsolete when vehicle manufacturers found they could no longer meet their customers' demands by relying on 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 the ride experienced by passengers.


      = Ultra-luxury vehicles

      =

      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 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 the 1950s and 1960s. Rolls-Royce debuted its first unibody model, their Silver Shadow, in 1965.


      Unibody construction



      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 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 is of paramount importance.
      The advent of unibody construction, where the car body is unified with and structurally integral to the chassis, made custom coachbuilding uneconomic. Many coachbuilders closed down, were bought by manufacturers, or changed their core business to other activities:

      Transforming into dedicated design or styling houses, subcontracting to automotive brands (e.g. Zagato, Frua, Bertone, Pininfarina)
      Transforming into general coachwork series manufacturers, subcontracting to automotive brands (e.g. Karmann, Bertone, Vignale, Pininfarina)
      Manufacturing runs of special coachworks for trucks, delivery vans, touring cars, ambulances, fire engines, public transport vehicles, etc. (e.g., Pennock, Van Hool, Plaxton, Heuliez)
      Becoming technical partners for the development of roof constructions (e.g., Karmann, Heuliez), for example, or producers of various (aftermarket) automotive parts (e.g., Giannini)


      Gallery





















      List of automobile coachbuilders



      Coachbuilders by nation have included:


      = Austria

      =


      = Belgium

      =


      = China

      =


      = Czech Republic

      =


      = Denmark

      =


      = France

      =


      = Germany

      =


      = Greece

      =


      = Hungary

      =


      = India

      =


      = Indonesia

      =


      = Ireland

      =


      = Italy

      =


      = Japan

      =


      = Luxembourg

      =


      = Netherlands

      =


      = Poland

      =


      = Russia

      =


      = Spain

      =


      = Sweden

      =


      = Switzerland

      =


      = United Kingdom

      =


      = United States

      =


      Survivors of the unibody production-line system


      These are survivors of the unibody production-line system.


      See also


      Bus manufacturing
      Carriage
      Body-on-frame
      Chassis
      Unibody
      Wainwright


      References




      External links



      Coachbuild.com: Encyclopedia of worldwide Coachbuilders from past to present
      Encyclopedia of American Coachbuilders
      Goldarths: The Fine Art of Coachbuilding
      The Kellner Affair: Matters of Life and Death by Peter M. Larsen and Ben Erickson. Details Jacques Kellner and George Paulin involvement in the French Resistance.
      Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles - Southern Mobility Vehicles

    Kata Kunci Pencarian:

    coachbuildercoachbuilder carscoachbuilder shacklescoachbuilder jobscoachbuilders near mecoachbuilder jobs near mecoachbuilder shimscoachbuilder tie rodscoachbuilder jobs scotlandcoachbuilder trd pro kit
    Membership – Coach Builder

    Membership – Coach Builder

    Build Your Coaching Business – Coach Builder

    Build Your Coaching Business – Coach Builder

    Build Your Coaching Business – Coach Builder

    Build Your Coaching Business – Coach Builder

    Build Your Coaching Business – Coach Builder

    Build Your Coaching Business – Coach Builder

    Pricing Guide for Coaches – Coach Builder

    Pricing Guide for Coaches – Coach Builder

    Coach Builder: All-in-One Platform for Self-Employed Coaches

    Coach Builder: All-in-One Platform for Self-Employed Coaches

    Coach Builder Book – Coach Builder

    Coach Builder Book – Coach Builder

    Coach Builder Pro - Privacy Policy

    Coach Builder Pro - Privacy Policy

    Coachbuilder - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

    Coachbuilder - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

    #coachbuilder hashtag on Twitter

    #coachbuilder hashtag on Twitter

    #coachbuilder hashtag on Twitter

    #coachbuilder hashtag on Twitter

    Products – Shop Coachbuilder

    Products – Shop Coachbuilder

    Search Results

    coachbuilder

    Daftar Isi

    COACHBUILD.COM - Encyclopedia

    Coachbuild.com: the largest encyclopedia on coachbuilt cars, special limited edition cars, custom one-offs, collectible cars.

    Ekstrom Design - Toyota Tundra Forum

    Aug 23, 2024 · Coachbuilder shackles, roof racks and more for Toyota Tundras. Vendor: Ekstrom Design Sales & ...

    *COMPLETED* Coachbuilder TRD Pro Kit Install - Toyota Tundra …

    Feb 6, 2019 · Rear, I did coachbuilder +3 shackle and the carrier bearing drop kit. I get the truck back either tomorrow or tuesday. The shop its at doesnt have a ball joint press tool, so I had them install the shackle with the oem bushing in the leafs. I will be swapping in the coachbuilder ones in about a week and a half once I get back from a trip.

    The Coachbuilder TRD Pro | Page 6 | Toyota Tundra Forum

    Mar 29, 2018 · Coachbuilder Pro Kit, 35x12.5 BFG KM3s, Baja SquadPros on Rago Lo-Pro Brackets, Rago Dash Divot Plate, AJT Stuff, LED Lighting throughout, TRD Intake, Bedliner, Tint, Full front PPF, SPS Graphene Coating

    Coachbuilder Shackles Etc... - Toyota Tundra Forum

    Jan 6, 2014 · 2007 SR5 5.7 Katzkin, LED lighting through out, LED door handles, Color Matched handles & grill surround, CST 3.5" Spindles OME 614 Full Suspension, Coachbuilder +3" Shackles by Ekstrom Design, BHLM,35"/12.5"/20 Nitto Trail Grapplers,BMF SOTA death metal black finish 20"x10" -19 offset.

    Kellner - COACHBUILD.com

    Nov 15, 2024 · ↳ Other Austrian Coachbuilder; ↳ Belgium; ↳ Auto-Carrosserie Nationale / Nouvelle; ↳ Bidée; ↳ Bogaerts, Stoelen & Van Ouytsel; ↳ Bollekens; ↳ Bousson; ↳ Carrosserie Franco-Belge; ↳ Carrosserie Industrielle; ↳ Carrosserie Parisienne; ↳ Colson; ↳ Coune; ↳ Cryns; ↳ D'Heure; ↳ D'Ieteren; ↳ De Clerck; ↳ De Cunsel

    Installed Coachbuilder shackles | Page 4 | Toyota Tundra Forum

    Nov 5, 2021 · So, I ordered the +2 Coachbuilder shackles. I know there are videos online on how to replace shackles and it is a fairly straight forward process, but here is what I went through to install them. The Coachbuilder installation video is great for all the bolt-on parts, but it does not cover the removal of the stock bushings (more on that below).

    Alignment issues / Anyone used CoachBuilder Tie Rods?

    Nov 2, 2021 · Take it to a shop that knows how to adjust the SPC upper control arms. I dealt with the same issue for over a year. Even talked to the shop about getting the coachbuilder tie rod ends to fix the issue. They adjusted the SPC's and aligned it …

    The Coachbuilder TRD Pro | Page 3 | Toyota Tundra Forum

    Jul 21, 2018 · 2007 SR5 5.7 Katzkin, LED lighting through out, LED door handles, Color Matched handles & grill surround, CST 3.5" Spindles OME 614 Full Suspension, Coachbuilder +3" Shackles by Ekstrom Design, BHLM,35"/12.5"/20 Nitto Trail Grapplers,BMF SOTA death metal black finish 20"x10" -19 offset.

    Updated with Coach Shackles review | Page 2 | Toyota Tundra …

    Mar 28, 2016 · *** Coachbuilder Shackles and poly bushings install guide *** Carrier bearing drop kit: The 2 billet spacers labeled carrier bearing drop kit will install between the frame support and the top side of the carrier bearing (located at the center of the rear driveline.) OE bolts are plenty long and will be reused. torque spec is 25 ft lbs.