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).
Requesting the weight of the old India Front Axle forging for comparison with a new 32 lbs forging.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\4\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 1st October 1925 | |
| +4538 To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} DAS/M2.10.25. INDIA FRONT AXLE. X.5420 X.4538 We have not yet received the comparative weights between the four wheel brake axle and the old axle. The forging we have done here weighs 32 lbs. It would be interesting to know what the old forging weighed. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||