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).
Breakdown of the weights for chassis B-I-CW, detailing the total weight, chassis, body, and individual accessories.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\1\ Scan262 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1935 | |
| X4013 Bentley Motors Ltd. Derby..............Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Showrooms Sr/EWP{Mr Punt}22/MLG.3.4.35 Re: Chassis-B-I-CW We thank you for your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6.KW.30.3.35, and are pleased to give you the weight details as follows :- Weight of car on test 1650 kgs " " chassis.... 1161 kgs " " body and accessories 489 kgs " " " ie " 61 kgs " " body less accessories 428 kgs Rear wheel carrier hub...... .5 k.{Mr Kilner} Spare wheel complete........23.500 Spares and tools..........17. No plates and supports.... 2. Headlamps Marchal........ 6.500 Bosch center lamp & support 1. Wing lamps...................0.500 Stop signal & rear lamp.....0.600 Direction indicators.......0.500 Screenwiper klaxon.........1.500 Spare wheel cover..........3. ------- 61.600 The body weight does not include the bumper bar nor dropped cross member nor the damper flywheel on propellor shaft. As we are obtaining the body dimensions from the coachbuilders we will forward these tomorrow. "Sr" | ||