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).
Technical description of vehicle body and chassis components including brackets, dash, body, and exhaust.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\1\ scan0182 | |
| Date | 12th February 1935 guessed | |
| continued:- - 2 - 4. BODY BRACKETS (contd). placed as to secure stiffness from the cruciform attachments to the main chassis frame or by cross bracing. They are long at the front where the chassis frame is comparatively narrow, and the rearmost brackets are well back, giving the coachbuilder a good support for the back end of the body. Additionally the coachbuilder is allowed to bolt the body to the extreme rear of the chassis. 5. STEP BRACKETS. These again are stout and given stiffness by being reinforced with stays from the chassis frame. 6. WING STAYS. These are stout and rigid. 7. DASH. There is no chassis dash in the ordinary sense of the word. But there is a partition between the body and engine. This partition consists of a steel plate forming part of the front body structure. It is integral with the scuttle and helps to form a very rigid front section which gains further strength from the metal stiffeners to the scuttle and roof peak. 8. BODY. In spite of the rigid chassis frame, excellent insulation from road shocks, etc., the body is massive and heavy, weighing about 5 cwt. more than the usual body of the same type mounted on a 40/50 h.p. RR. chassis. 9. EXHAUST. The twin exhaust systems are carried outside the chassis frame, one on each side. In this way there is no need to cut away the | ||