METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF FLOATING VEHICLE (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B60F3/00 

FIELD: automotive industry.

SUBSTANCE: proposed method of manufacture of automobile with wheels having inner volume of air sufficient for maintaining afloat at least 80% of equipment mass of said automobile comes to manufacture of metal frame for mounting said wheels provided with longitudinal bars and cross-members and connection of said to rigidly interconnected unchanged or partially changed metal external panels, sidimembers, sills, stiffeners and other body members of smaller-size mass production cars. Said unchanged or partially changed external panels, sidemembers, sills, stiffeners and other body members are connected to said frame by welding.

EFFECT: increased carrying capacity of car structure, reducer mass and increased volume of body interior without increasing overall dimensions of automobile.

3 cl, 2 dwg