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Specifications for springs, clutch, steering wheel, and engine components.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 126\3\  scan0031
Date  3rd January 1935
  
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 15/KW.3.1.35.

Springs.

Front
42" long
2.25" wide
No. of leaves
14 all bodies

Rear
58" long (V-12 - 136)
62" long (V-12 - 145)
2.5" wide
No. of leaves
8, 9, or 10, depending on type of body.

Clutch - single disc dry plate type.

Dia. of steering wheel - 19". 3-spoke, steel core.

Engine firing order - 1, 4, 9, 8, 5, 2, 11, 10, 3, 6, 7, 12.

Weight of crankshaft - 80 lbs.
" " con. rod - 2 lbs. 2.5 ozs.
" " piston - 12.5 ozs.
  
  
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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