Departmental memo discussing the road clearance under the flywheel guard for chassis 1872.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\4\ 04-page058 | |
| Date | 17th August 1912 | |
| (H) (X 967. 22.5.12) E.P. 1898. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (Two Lines). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. Miss Deas. DATE. 17.8.12. Re Clearance of Chassis 1872 Whittington. TBB1/L17812. With reference to the attached memoranda I find in our records that the clearance under the flywheel guard of this car was 4.375" with the car loaded to give flat springs. If a light flywheel be fitted this clearance would be increased to about 5". Personally I do not think this is a sufficient increase and we have no doubt but that we can give some material increase on this figure by attention to certain points which have recently been gone into in connection with this question of road clearance. I cannot give you the exact figure for the clearance obtainable until the car arrives at Derby as it depends upon the correction of a number of small discrepancies which vary with each car, but I think we shall be safe This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||
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).