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Request for the estimated weight of a 20-G-4 chassis and body, with handwritten weight calculations.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 178\3\  img039
Date  20th January 1932
  
HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} ORIGINAL. DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 6/M20.1.32.
Copy to ~~HN {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} ~~
20-G-4. COACHWORK.
X4538

we should be glad to receive from you your estimated weight of the 20-G-4. chassis ('U' series), and from Sales their resultant body weight.

[STAMP: RECEIVED AT 1932 JAN 21]

[Handwritten:]
DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
20 GIV - Complete - 35 cwt - 2 qrs - 21 lbs
Body only 10 cwt - 1 qr - ~~4 lbs~~
Chassis 25 cwt - 1 qr - 17 lbs
  
  
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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