Specification of coachwork for a Continental Touring Limousine with Division, chassis No. 25.G.6.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\5\ X 604 Body-page035 | |
| Date | 20th November 1936 | |
| E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 1/MN.20.11.36. Specification of Coachwork for 25.G.6. Continental Touring Limousine with Division. CHASSIS No. 25.G.6. For all particulars see drawings and instructions supplied. 'E' type steering. All fittings untarnishable. One spare wheel to be carried on the offside. BODY Continental Touring Limousine, seating five persons. See Lec.5290 and Lec.5186. Body Shell Construction. Body shell to be constructed of wood and panelled in aluminium. Except where otherwise stated the shell construction should follow our recommendations given in the booklet entitled "Recommendations to Coachbuilders" for Phantom III., but every effort should be made to try features of construction conducive to the saving of weight without loss of strength, bearing in mind the frame design. Bentley pillar and frame section sizes to be used throughout wherever possible. Rear wheel arches to be of sheet steel to our Lec.5307, the arches to be provided by the Coachbuilder. The rear squab board to be plated to the body cross member at the base and to the body waist rail, so diagonally bracing the back of the body over the area represented by the forward mouth of the luggage boot. The luggage boot floor should be diagonally braced. All ironing to be carried out with sheet steel flitch plates and gussets. Care to be taken to remove as far as possible contacts except on jointing faces to prevent squeaks. Joint faces to have grease paper inserts. Panelling. Body to be panelled completely in aluminium SWG.16. Quirks to be provided at the base and top of the screen pillar. Contd: | ||
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