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 reduction on the Phantom's front end by modifying wing irons and front springs.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\Q\April1927-June1927\ 59 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1927 | |
| TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to RI " EHS " EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} PHANTOM - SAVING OF WEIGHT ON FRONT END OF CAR - FRONT SPRINGS. X8410 X8420 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} informs me that the present coachbuilder's make of wing irons are extremely heavy, together with the whole fittings for the wings and lamps, and if we can use the sheet steel scheme (as carried out on 7-EX.) and adopt it as standard on the car, it will save the customers a considerable amount of money, and more important still, a considerable amount of weight which falls on the front axle. Any reduction of weight on the front axle should help the problem of the springs, and by making the spring leaves slightly thinner reliability should increase. This reliability of the front springs is hardly high enough when the car is used on the rough roads of France, therefore when modifications are made we must see that these have a better chance of longer life. R.{Sir Henry Royce} RECEIVED MAY 6 1927 | ||