Patent ID: 7258383

Claim:
A vehicle body comprising: an outer shell formed by at least one first structural component and at least one second structural component, the structural components being joined in an area of equidirectional flanges and detachably connected to each other and delimiting a joint towards a vehicle exterior in a common connecting area, and a positioning device, provided in an area between the structural components that is difficult to reach, which fixes the structural components with respect to each other, wherein the positioning device comprises a preassembled supporting part, mounted on one of the structural components, having a molded-on projecting fixing section, and wherein the fixing section interacts positively with a recess arranged on a flange of another of the structural components, and wherein a V-shaped receptacle, which interacts with a vertical flange of the first structural component, is configured on the inside of the supporting part viewed in an insertion direction of the second structural component.