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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).
Urgent request for the separated weights of a chassis and a Park Ward Limousine body, with handwritten calculations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 18\1\  Scan042
Date  3rd September 1930
  
[Handwritten top] V7810 A-J-L We ought to weigh Chassis before mounting the body
[Typed top left] Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}2/KW3.9.30.
S/W.
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
[Typed main body] URGENT.
re- Left-hand drive car for America -Park Ward Enclosed Limousine Body.
Will you please let me know, if you can by return, what is the weight of this car and separately the weight of the coachwork. I daresay you know the weight of the chassis and accessories, and can therefore work out the body weight without much difficulty.
[Handwritten initials] SH
[Handwritten bottom left] Total weight - 47cwt - 2qrs 14lbs.
Chassis - 35 - 3 - 21
Body - 11 - 2 - 21.5
[Stamped bottom right] RECEIVED 5 SEP 1930 Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}
  
  


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