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).
Instructing that a note on the advantage of adding weight behind the chassis centre be added to coachbuilder drawings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\1\ scan0154 | |
| Date | 12th November 1913 | |
| C O P Y. RL/P 12.11.13. X507 To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy for By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} " " J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} " " Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} A little extra weight carried behind the centre of the chassis is rather an advantage than a disadvantage, and this tends to make the practice of heavy bodies less objectionable (and increase the desirability of arranging the places for spare tools, spare tyres, etc. as far back as possible ). Mr Johnson desires the above (that in brackets) communicating to all coachbuilders, by putting it on the blue drawings for coachbuilders. F.H.R. MADE AT CROXLEY COPY. | ||