A chassis cab, also known as a cab chassis or half truck, is a type of vehicle construction often found in medium-and heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Instead of supplying a finished vehicle with a pre-assembled van body, flat-bed or pick-up body, the manufacturer sells the customer a vehicle that is simply a finished cab and open chassis rails. The owner can then handbuild on whatever type of rear body is required. For example: a tipping body, fire appliance equipment or a cherry picker can be fitted to the chassis cab vehicle.
Over the years, Land Rover manufactured chassis cab Defenders, and earlier utility Land Rovers for many end-user purposes – and for the company’s Special Vehicles division to produce finished commercial vehicles.
The chassis cab
