Unexpectedly heavy weight of the body on the 26-EX Continental Saloon.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\1\ Scan044 | |
| Date | 17th October 1930 | |
| W/S. {Derby Works / Sales} Cx {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} /Hn. {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} X7840 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Ra.1/MJ.17.10.30. X7120. 26-EX. CONTINENTAL SALOON. With reference to your note Cx {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} /Hn {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} 24/EDL/14.10.30. As far as we can estimate the body on this car weighed 11½ cwt. This astonished us considerably as it was about 4 cwts. more than we had been led to anticipate. From this figure has to be subtracted the subframe weight of 109 lbs. to give the actual weight of the coachwork. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} | ||
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