Questioning the low calculated weight for the body of an 8-cylinder Panhard car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 23\3\ Scan025 | |
| Date | 21th August 1926 | |
| TO HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X1052 DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 1/M21.8.26. 8 CYL. PANHARD CAR. With reference to HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/LG18826., there is a weight of 2000 kilogs. given for the complete car. Our information is to the effect that the chassis weighs 36 cwts - that is, 1830 kilogs. This leaves a very small amount for the body, wings, valances, etc, and we wonder what type of body it is. DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||
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).