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Weight of a 10 HP Vauxhall car at two different times, upon delivery and a later date.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 127\4\  scan0232
Date  6th October 1940
  
Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 9/ML.6.10.40.
1097
File Vauxhall

10 h.p. VAUXHALL CAR.

The present weight of the above car is as follows :-

FRONT. 9 cwts. 1 qr. 0 lbs.
REAR. 9 cwts. 1 qr. 0 lbs.
TOTAL. 18 cwts. 2 qrs. 0 lbs.

When the car was first delivered to us on 27.4.40. it was weighed at that time, and the figures were :-

FRONT. 9 cwts. 0 qrs. 0 lbs.
REAR. 9 cwts. 0 qrs. 14 lbs.
TOTAL. 18 cwts. 0 qrs. 14 lbs.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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