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 weight distribution calculations for car bodies and passengers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\3\ Scan164 | |
| Date | 1st 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: 9 cwts. 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 137 687 824 1 cwt.is on grid. 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 [Faded stamp: LSD4] 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. [Watermark: MADE AT CROXLEY] | ||