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).
Suggestion to ensure car weight is the same on both sides, with a handwritten response.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\1\ scan0148 | |
Date | 2nd November 1910 | |
R.R. 235A (100H) (P 541. 7.10.10) E.P. 7645. Nov. 2nd 1910. AWL/C21110. Mr Barrington. 2/11/10. Herewith is copy of a suggestion from Mr Hallam which you might submit to Mr Royce. "I suggest that we send instructions to all coachbuilders who fit bodies to our chassis that they make the weight of both sides of the car the same, when the car has its full kit of accessories and spares fixed in position." [Handwritten note in left margin] x807 [Handwritten note at bottom] Mr Wormald 4.11.10 I have instructed 'S' to enquire from the several Coachbuilders whether they can do anything in the matter. We cannot instruct the Coachbuilders without first asking their advice on the matter. T Barrington | ||