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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).
Preliminary weights report for various car body sections and completed components.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 26\1\  Scan035
Date  9th June 1964
  
To: McF
Kgt
Tln
JPB
GHK
McF/DC
McF/BRS
McF/Ty
McF/LI

McF/Sdm. 1.JW. 9.6.64. 4900.

BY.Preliminary Weights (46.B)

The following sections have now been weighed in
detail and the totals are as follows, body weights although
not complete as sections are given as a matter of interest.

In the White Paint & Bittac
LB LB
Body Shell only 708 62
Trunk Door (No Hinges) 28 2.375
Front Doors " " 32.75 = 2 4.75 = 2
Rear Doors " " 31.62 = 2 3.375= 2
Bonnet " " 25.875 2.527
Petrol Filler Door Assy .85 -
Totals = 827.095 75.027

Completed Sections
LB
Front Stabiliser - - - - - - - 11.98
Radiator & Mountings - - - - - 46.86
Radiator Shell & Fittings- - - - 18.16
Exhaust Pipes & Fittings - - - - 63.30
Front Sub Frame & Fittings - - - 83.38
Front & Rear Bumpers - - - - - 59.42
Prop.Shaft - - - - - - - - - - 29.65
Rear Brakes - - - - - - - - - - 36.42
Front Brakes - - - - - - - - - - 40.82

Contd......
  
  


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