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).
Weight of the Barker patent cabriolet de ville subframe and issues with floorboard fitting.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\O\January1926-March1926\ Scan154 | |
| Date | 20th March 1926 | |
| TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Copy to - R.{Sir Henry Royce} Cj. ORIGINAL DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/M20.3.26. X5840a X5830 X5380 X5500 10-G.111. NOW IN FRANCE. Referring to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG17326., item 7. regarding the body subframe, the Barker patent cabriolet de ville is the heaviest type of 20HP. body we sell, but is at the same time one of the most popular cabriolets. We do not agree with your remark that because the subframe weighs approximately 100 lbs. that this means necessarily increase in the weight of the coachwork by that amount, because it enables us to save weight in the body. We suggest that before we are able to state that the subframe materially increases the weight of the car, we should weigh 10-G.111., and also a similar car without the subframe. Regarding the floorboards, as far as the design goes there should be no difficulty in dealing with the front floorboards. On previous subframe cars this complaint has been made and it has been found to be due to incorrect fitting. It should be realised that in no place must the boards fixed on the chassis contact with those on the body. This feature is often overlooked and the horizontal board is made to rest on both the chassis dashbrackets and the subframe cross tube. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||