Vehicle for off-the-road service

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE, THE COMBINATION OF: A PLATFORM FRAME COMPRISED OF A LONGITUDINAL SHEET METAL TUNNEL HAVING AT THE FRONT PORTION THEREOF A FRONT CROSS MEMBER, A FRAME HEAD PROJECTING FORWARDLY OF SAID CROSS MEMBER, AND FLOOR PLATE MEMBERS JOINED TO SAID TUNNEL AND TO SAID FRONT CROSS MEMBER AND INCLUDING, AT THE OUTER BOUNDARY EDGES THEREOF, RAISED BOX SECTIONS EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID FRONT CROSS MEMBER, A COWL STRUCTURE MOUNTED ON SAID BOX SECTIONS ON THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID FLOOR PLATE PORTIONS, SAID COWL STRUCTURE INCLUDING SIDE AND TOP WALLS AND A FRONT WALL, SAID SIDE WALLS ENGAGING AND BEING RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID BOX SECTIONS, A HOOD PLATE SECURED TO AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE TOP OF SAID COWL STRUCTURE, A BUMPER PLATE HAVING AN UPPER EDGE PORTION SECURED TO THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID HOOD PLATE, AND EXTENDING THEREFROM FORWARDLY, DOWN, AROUND AND UNDER SAID FRAME HEAD TO A REARWARD EDGE PORTION SECURED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID FRAME HEAD, AND MEANS SUPPORTING THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID BUMPER PLATE FROM SAID FRAME HEAD.