The chassis was new and took the form of a ladder frame with tubular cross members and passed under the rear axle.
En masse, they grabbed the ladder frames and proceeded to climb aboard from both sides.
Body-on-frame styles usually included an entire X-brace within the conventional ladder frame.
The ladder frame was retained, with the aluminum body supported by hoops.
When done to an older car with a ladder frame, the result was not dissimilar to a tractor and could be used as one.
First used on the 420 Standard in 1933, it aimed at solving the problem of insufficient torsional stiffness of the ladder frame.
The car had a ladder frame and two leaf-sprung solid axles.
The new truck has a fully boxed ladder frame.
As for its predecessor, it has a ladder frame with leaf sprung front and rear axles.
In the lower-end, the block is reinforced by a ladder frame.
