A reinforcing support structure for an automotive vehicle body having a sheet structure (10) including a pair of side sheet structures (11, 12). Upper stiffener (17) and lower stiffener (18) are secured to the interior of side sheet structures (11,12). Stiffeners 17 and 18 may have a cross-sectional shape as illustrated by stiffener (39) in FIG. 6. Stiffener (39) includes a mounting flange (41) and an opposed flange (42) which have free edge portions. Beads or curls (44,46) are formed on the free edge portions for reinforcement.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/707,657 filed Nov. 7, 2000; which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/389,163 filed Sep. 2, 1999; now U.S. Pat. No. 6,250,361, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/263,684 filed Mar. 5, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,082,429 dated Jul. 4, 2000; which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/116,689 filed Jul. 16, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,954,111 dated Sep. 21, 1999.
A piece of motor vehicle bodywork (4, 5, 11) having an outside face directed towards the outside of the vehicle and an inside face opposite the outside face, the piece of bodywork being constituted in that it is constituted by a skin made of a material that allows light to pass, the inside face of the skin being covered at least in part by an opaque coating.
