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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 savings for Continental Phantom III parts by using lighter gauge material.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\6\  scan0087
Date  8th January 1937
  
To RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}18/JH.8.1.37.

Re Continental Phantom III.

We are having a set of body brackets, step iron, and wing stays made in lighter gauge material the saving of weight effected by this change would be

BODY BRACKETS. STD. 23 lbs. 4 ozs. New Type 6 lbs. 12 ozs.
Step iron " 30 lbs. 8 ozs. " 24 lbs. 0 ozs.
Wing stays " 9 lbs. 0 ozs. " 7 lbs. 6 ozs.

62 lbs. 12 ozs. 48 lbs. 2 ozs.

NET SAVING OF 14 lbs. 10 ozs.

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/F.Dodd.
  
  


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