Patent ID: 6835909
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A method of assembling a vehicular body wherein a pre-tack welding operation is carried out by positioning each of a floor main, a right body side, a left body side and a roof rail which constitute a body main component of a vehicle while by making a relative positioning between the floor main, the right body side, the left body side and the roof rail, the method comprising the following operations:positioning the floor main and making the relative positioning between the floor main and the body side's lower section, by using a three-dimension general locator device standing on a floor, and positioning each of the right body side, the left body side and the roof rail and making the relative positioning between the body side's upper section and the roof rail, by using a front body side upper section locator jig and a rear body side upper section locator jig which are disposed on a ceiling and independent of each other in a forward-and-rearward direction of the vehicular body, and each of which is replaceable in accordance with a type of the vehicle.