Rear-engined motor vehicles having air-cooled engines

Claim 1

IN A REAR ENGING VEHCILE HAVING A BODY COMPRISING SPACED SIDE WALLS AND A REAR LOADING PLATFORM BETWEEN SAID WALLS, A BOX-SECTION LOAD SUPPORTING CROSS-BEAM HAVING AN OPENING SITUATED INTERMEDIATELY ITS ENDS, SAID CROSS-BEAM EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BOTTOM REAR PORTION OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND BENEATH SAID LOADING PLATFORM AND THEREBY FORMING A REAR WALL OF SAID BODY, AN ENGINE PROVIDED WITH AN AIR SUCTION FAN ARRANGED BENEATH SAID LOADING PLATFORM AND HAVING ITS REAR PART SUPPORTED BY SAID CROSS-BEAM, AN AIR DUCT BENEATH SAID PLATFORM CONNECTING THE OPENING IN THE CROSS-BEAM WITH THE AIR SUCTION FAN, TWO LATERAL TUBULAR PILLARS EXTENDING TO THE TOP REAR PORTION OF RESPECTIVE SIDE WALLS AND HAVING THEIR LOWEER AND RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO EITHER END OF SAID CROSS-BEAM AND HAVING THEIR INTERIORS COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CROSS-BEAM, AND AN AIR INTAKE IN THE UPPER PORTION OF EACH LATERAL PILLAR.