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Breakdown of the Peregrine chassis weight.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 2\9\  B002_X 156 to 158-page12
Date  5th December 1932
  
X.158.
To Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey}
c. to EWT.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} 1/W.5.12.32.

PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) CHASSIS WEIGHT. (1 PER.11).

Complete chassis weight, filled up with water, oil and petrol, one spare wheel and tyre, tool kit -

20 cwt. (2240 lbs.)

Five tyres and inner tubes (5.5" x 18") = 142 1/2 lbs.
Battery (including acid) = 78 lbs.
Engine Water (2 1/2 galls.) = 35 lbs.
Petrol (16 galls.) = 120 lbs.
Tool Kit - 28 1/2 lbs.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /A.J.Lidsey.
  
  
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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