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 comparison of front end suspension components for the Bentley III and Wraith models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\3\ scan0036 | |
| Date | 17th March 1938 guessed | |
| WEIGHT FRONT END SUSPENSION BENTLEY III & WRAITH. Bentley III. Weight front suspension, complete with cast iron damper casing and modified lower triangle levers, and hubs.......... 180 lbs. 1 oz. Weight front pan in .104" thick steel and brackets ......................... 30 lbs. 8 ozs. TOTAL 210 lbs. 9 ozs. WRAITH. Weight front suspension complete with hubs ................................. 230 lbs. 4½ ozs. Weight front pan ...................... 31 lbs. TOTAL 261 lbs. 4½ ozs. Saving in weight on Bentley III front end suspension over Wraith ......................... 50 lbs. 11½ ozs. | ||