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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 specification and calculations for an SY Long Wheel Base car.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 26\1\  Scan006
Date  7th September 1967 guessed
  
SY Long Wheel Base Car Weight.

SRH.2719. L.H. Drive.

Specification.

No refrigeration.
No division.
two fog lamps.
Badge bar.
two wing mirrors.

Front.

LH{Mr Haworth} 1298
1272
} 2570

Rear.

LH{Mr Haworth} 1035
1037
} 2072

} 4642 lbs.

= 41 cwt. 3 qtr. 11 lbs.

Adding 157 lbs. to the rear for the missing petrol, the estimated Kerb Weight is 4799 lbs.

= 42 cwt. 3 qtr. 11 lbs.
  
  


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