Patent ID: 6276477
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A component car system comprising a chassis and a plurality of modular body components mountable on said chassis or to each other to form a car body having the appearance of a classic car wherein said chassis comprises a central frame member comprising at least two long sides and a front end and a back end and farther comprising a front frame member extending from said front end and a rear frame member extending from said back end, said central frame member further comprising at least two mounting means for mounting body components, said front frame member further comprising at least two mounting means for mounting body components, said rear frame member further comprising at least two mounting means and a plurality of flanges for mounting an engine, said plurality of body components comprising a cab section, a rear end section, at least one pair of doors, a front end section, a front trunk box comprising a mating edge and flange extending therefrom said edge and flange extending around and forming an outside perimeter of said front trunk box, and a hood wherein said rear end section further comprises a rear trunk box integral with a right rear fender and a left rear fender, said right and left rear fenders forming the right and left rear sides and the rear of the car and rear wheel wells and further comprising air induction cutouts and at least one grille receiving opening, and wherein said cab section further comprises a body, a floor, door openings for receiving said doors, wheel well inside walls and a bulkhead, wherein said front end section further comprises right and left front fenders forming the right and left front sides, a fairing formed between said front fenders and forming a front of the front end section and front wheel wells and headlight apertures for receiving headlights, and wherein said rear end section, cab section, and front trunk box are mountable directly on said chassis, said cab section further comprises a firewall, said front trunk box further comprises at least one flange forming a means for securable attachment to said firewall, said rear end section is further securably attachable to said cab section, said front end section further comprises interior edges, said edges comprising interior flanges extending therefrom and said interior flanges are further securably attachable to the flange of said front trunk box, and said front trunk box and said hood is hingedly attachable to said front end section.