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).
Specification sheet detailing the weight distribution for various car bodies and passenger configurations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\4\ scan0013 | |
| Date | 14th June 1922 | |
| (2) BODIES. The weight of the body is to include wings, valances, running boards and (wheel carrier on near side and luggage grid if any.) Maximum weight to be 1,000 lbs. approx: BODY WEIGHTS. FRONT REAR TOTAL. 5 cwts. 200 360 560 6 cwts. 230 472 672 7 cwts. 268 516 784 8 cwts. 280 616 896 9 cwts - 1000 lbs.310 690 1000 PASSENGERS. 2 seater, double dickey, 2 cwts. of luggage in boat 114 710 824 4 seater "D" chassis } 2 cwts. of 114 710 824 4 seater "B" chassis } luggage of which 1 cwt. is on grid. 137 687 824 4 seater, 1 occasional seat and 150 lbs. of luggage on grid. 155 745 900 4 seater, 2 occasional seats - No luggage. 208 692 900 The weight distribution of bodies and passengers has been arrived at by statistical treatment of the car weights known, and given in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/LG14.6.22. | ||