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 of a saloon car's boot and its effect on road stability.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 6th November 1934 | |
| W/LH.{Mr Haworth} - Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/KW.6.11.34. Lp{Mr Lappin}'s Car - 4-B-IV. Thank you for your Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}7/GC.2.11.34. I note your remarks re the weight of the larger Saloon. The boot of Lp{Mr Lappin}'s car certainly seems to be unnecessarily heavy, and I think it is well worth your while to go into the design and get out a reasonable scheme. It is a very practical form of luggage grid arrangement, and I showed the car to a number of people last week-end to whom it strongly appealed. I have in fact sold an exactly similar car to my father-in-law. Clearly, the weight in the lid{A. J. Lidsey} of the tail is detrimental to road stability. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||