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).
The results of a load test on the 40/50 HP luggage grid.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\2\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 1st August 1927 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X8400 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}1/LG10. 8. 27. 40/50 HP. LUGGAGE GRIDS. With reference to Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}3/M27.7.27. The weights carried on the luggage grid during the test prior to the 30th. April varied from 80 lbs. to 2½ cwts. The maximum load of 2½ cwts. was carried several hundred miles at high speeds. The minimum load of 80 lbs. was carried the whole time. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||