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).
Readiness of a Park Ward steel and aluminium body and requesting weight saving figures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0397 | |
| Date | 5th November 1935 | |
| W/S - Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KW.5.11.35. Thank you for your Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}8/KW.1.11.35, from which we note that the Park Ward steel and aluminium body will be ready for mounting to the chassis in about two weeks' time. Will you please let us know, when the figures are available, what is the weight saving over the all-steel body. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||