spaceframe
Noun
Meaning
spaceframe (plural spaceframes)
Alternative form of space frame
Examples
Brabham bought a new spaceframe Lotus 24, but had to use a 1961-vintage Lotus 21 in the early races after a workshop fire.
Chief designer Tauranac reasoned that monocoques of the time were not usefully stiffer than well designed spaceframe chassis, and were harder to repair and less suitable for MRD's customers.
Nye (1986) p. 60. Brabham's BT26As and Matra's experimental four wheel drive MS84 of 1969 were the last cars with spaceframe chassis cars in F1.
He created a concise spaceframe wrapped into French limestone and covered with a glass roof.