The body of the car is a five-door, all-metal, welded, load-bearing structure
The body consists of a frame and attachments: hood, doors, bumpers, glazing parts, interior upholstery and exterior trim.
The body skeleton is a rigid spatial truss, consisting of the following units: the base of the floor with the front end and the cross member 20 of the rear floor, the right and left sidewalls 22 assembled with the rear fenders 21, the front roof beam 13, the roof reinforcements 15 and 18, and the roof panel 17.
Details of the body frame: 1 - floor tunnel; 2 - front right side member of the floor; 3 - left front fender; 4 - front buffer beam; 5 - lower cross member of the radiator frame; 6 - right pillar of the radiator frame; 7 - right front spar; 8 - upper cross member of the radiator frame; 9 - right mudguard of the front wing; 10 - bulkhead shield; 11 - right front fender; 12 - right front door; 13 - front roof beam; 14 - hood; 15 - roof reinforcement; 16 - right rear door; 17 - roof panel; 18 - rear roof reinforcement; 19 - tailgate; 20 - cross member of the rear floor; 21 - left rear fender; 22 - left side of the body; 23 - left rear door; 24 - left central pillar of the sidewall; 25 - rear panel of the floor; 26 - left front door; 27 - left middle spar of the floor; 28 - floor cross member; 29 - front left floor panel
Attachments include side doors and tailgate, hood, front fenders, buffers and grille.
The doors and hood are hinged to the body.
The front fenders, as well as the front and rear buffers, are bolted to the body.
The radiator cover is attached with four screws.
Wind, rear and side windows are glued to the body (the glass of the tailgate is glued to the door and has a heating element) and are part of its power circuit.
The front seats are separate, with adjustable backrests and mechanisms for moving in the longitudinal direction, with easily removable head restraints, adjustable in height and angle.
The rear seat, which is structurally composed of two seats, can be folded to increase the volume of the luggage compartment, both in whole and in parts.
The driver and passenger seats are equipped with seat belts.
In the passenger compartment there is a dashboard, a cigarette lighter, ashtrays, a glove box, sun visors, a heating and ventilation system, a rear-view mirror.
The car is equipped with two front and one rear towing eyelets, front and rear wheel aprons.
Geometric parameters of the VAZ-2123 body
Mounting points for the engine and suspensions on the body of 2123: 1, 3 - attachment points for the front suspension; 2 - base holes with a diameter of 20 mm; 4 - stabilizer attachment points; 5 - attachment points of the rear support of the power unit; 6 - front attachment point of the transfer case; 7 - attachment points of the lower rear suspension arms; 8 - axis of attachment of the upper arms of the rear suspension; 9 - attachment points of the rear shock absorber; 10 - attachment point of the transverse rod and base hole with a diameter of 20 mm