A truck's rocker panels are exterior body panels located below the entry doors spanning the area between the front fender and rear of the cab. Their location near the underside of the truck and long ...

One of the unique things about unibody construction is that everything is connected to everything else. The entire body shell works as a single unit to distribute the operational forces throughout the ...

There was a time when all sorts of creative, albeit unrefined, methods of rust repair (we use that word loosely) were to simply cover it up with fiberglass, a chunk of sheetmetal screwed into place, ...

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Chevy's half-ton pickup is known for its reliable V8 engines that run forever. It's the truck people buy for longevity — the one that's supposed to outlast the others if you take care of it. Yet the ...

In the halls of Chrysler, old-timers used to talk about a rust-proofing shop across the bridge in Canada. "Yeah, they use oil, which isn't allowed in the U.S.," they would say before highly ...

Rocker panels play an especially important role in unibody construction by helping to absorb much of the impact energy during accidents. They also serve as a barrier against water and debris that may ...