====== Chassis ======

^ System | [[parts:chassis:start|Chassis]] |
^ Handbook item | 19 |
^ Sinclair part no. | C5674 322 |
^ Hoover factory no. | //not yet identified// |

<WRAP tip>This page is a starting point built from the original documents. More detail will be added.</WRAP>

===== Description =====
The Lotus-designed steel Y-frame spine: two identical pressings (by Willenhall Manufacturing) spot-welded together at Hoover and painted to withstand a 90-hour salt-spray test. Cross-section about 5.5 × 4 cm. There is no separate suspension; ride comes from chassis flex, the body bump mounts and the tyres.

===== Repairs, replacements and reproductions =====
==== Original part, then and now ====
^ Source ^ Date ^ Price ^
| ESG (Ellar Surplus Goods), Liverpool | Dec 1991 | On application |

===== Related parts =====
[[parts:chassis:rear_location_frame|Rear location frame]] · [[parts:chassis:motor_support|Motor support]]

===== Sources =====
  * [[docs:owners_handbook|Sinclair C5 Owner's Handbook]] (1985), pp. 30–32
  * [[docs:esg_price_list_1991|ESG parts and price list, December 1991]]
  * Further detail drawn from the [[docs:unofficial_service_manual|Unofficial Service Manual]], the [[docs:hoover_service_engineer_training_notes|Hoover service engineer training notes]] and the [[docs:hoover_assembly_sheets|Hoover assembly sheets]] where relevant