Truck body mounts

[stitchdup]

How would a box body be attached to a chassis. Do they have brackets that mount on the frame or is it something else? The truck I'm building is custom with patina and i want it to keep some original features and in my mind the body mounts would be something they would retain as they are under the truck and already hold the body. The chassis its on is nowhere near stock so there will be no interferance issues and i know which areas i need to keep clear for the suspension but i can work around those areas with no issues.

[Zippi]

See if this helps ya Les.

[Ace-Garageguy]

It's going to depend on the truck and the body. There are several ways to do it. Just use common sense in your scale engineering.

Fabbed and welded brackets:

[ctruss53]

I'd like to add a bit.

I totally agree with everything Ace said.  Bodies are mounted on chassis in many different ways depending on the type of vehicle and who makes it.

Like Ace, I have physically made body mounts on real cars and trucks. In many regular civilian applications, body mounts are a tab on the side of the chassis like in Ace's last image. Then there is some sort of rubber bushing, and then a bolt through the whole thing. And sometimes the rubber bushing sits on the chassis rail and the bolt goes through the chassis.

Body mounts for old cars and pickups, with a body on frame design are very simple. Don't overthink it.

Edited May 24, 2023 by ctruss53