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In a table format discussing coachbuilding specifications and issues with coachbuilder Hoppers.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 74\1\  scan0077
Date  25th August 1925 guessed
  
Page: 2

[Column 1]
Header: [empty]
Body: Hoppers

[Column 2]
Header: only one side door on each side?
Body: Yes. If could sell it would like to build body with one door only & that on near side.

[Column 3]
Header: only 4 points for body to rest upon?
Body: No. Can do with more than 8 points for body to rest upon. Depend almost entirely upon strength of chassis frame for strength of body. Think a strip of 2" felt, grease treated would be better than separate points. If such or separate points are used weight must be increased.

[Column 4]
Header: only face fit for doors?
Body: Rattle chiefly in windows which when halfway open can be made quiet by hooks at one top corner.

[Column 5]
Header: Matchboxing?
Body: Most of the weakness is in door pillars which actually 'whip' 5/8" from engine vibration with certain 4 cyl engines.

[Column 6]
Header: oval doors?
Body: Pillars not suitable. Moreover doorways do not give at joints.

[Column 7]
Header: Dovetail?
Body: one only. Which should be adjustable. Only one dovetail. Dowel should be used & this must be adjustable.
  
  
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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