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).
Request for the weights of various car body modifications and a standard Bentley part.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0061 | |
| Date | 26th November 1934 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} X4553u (3) HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}14/KW. 26.11.34. 5-B-IV. Body Weights. Will you please let us know as soon as possible the weights of the following, also the increase of weight due to the respective modifications :- (1) Reinforced sunshine roof slide. (2) Extra door stops. (3) Limpeted body. (4) Fisher ventilators. (5) Built in Number Plates. (6) Extra body brackets. (7) Enlarged rear luggage recess and rear flap. (8) Latex cushions and squabs. (9) Weight of standard Bentley front wing and running board. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/J.Bowering. | ||