Patent ID: 7080876

Claim:
A roof molding-free body structure of a type such that a molding is not provided in a joint portion between a roof panel forming a roof portion of a body and a roof side rail extending in the longitudinal direction of the body, which is arranged on the outside in the vehicle width direction of said roof panel, wherein in a joint location between said roof panel and said roof side rail, a substantially L-shaped joint portion consisting of a vertical surface and a joint surface is formed in the upper inside part of a side body outer panel of said roof side rail, and on the other hand, a joint portion consisting of a semicircular curved surface, a leg surface arranged so as to go away from the vertical surface of said side body outer panel toward the inside in the vehicle width direction, and a joint surface arranged horizontally is formed at the outside edge in the vehicle width direction of said roof panel; the vertical surface of said side body outer panel and the curved surface of said roof panel are joined to each other; and a vertical height difference is provided in the joint location between said roof panel and said roof side rail.