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 summary for a Blue Drop Head Coupe (Park Ward) 3.B.IV. car, including a breakdown of individual component weights.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0147 | |
| Date | 18th June 1923 guessed | |
| -2- (B) BLUE DROP HEAD COUPE (PARK WARD). 3.B.IV. CAR. This body was weighed before being fitted and the weights do not include packints, fixing bolts etc. (1) Body, complete with floorboards, spare wheel cover, mats, windscreen wiper, all seats, dummy hub and R.W. wheel nut. (No instrument board or ventilation air scoop) - 6 cwt. 3 qrs. 9 lbs. (2) Running boards and wings - 3 qrs. 7 lbs. (3) Head, side and tail lamps - 17 lbs. TOTAL BODY WEIGHT - 7 cwt. 3 qrs. 5 lbs. (Less Instrument Board & Fixing Bolts etc). ---------------------------- Parts of this body weighed separately are as follows :- (1) Two front wings (No stays or fixing bolts) - 26 1/2 lbs. (2) Two rear wings ( " " " " ) - 16 lbs. (3) Two running boards ( " " " " ) - 60 lbs. (4) Two doors - 176 lbs. (5) Rear seat boards - 11 lbs. (6) Rear cushion - 22 lbs. (7) Front seat - 31 1/2 lbs. (8) Front seat cushion - 9 1/2 lbs. (9) Front seat floorboard with Leveroll fittings - 12 lbs. (10) Instrument board complete with all instruments, switchbox etc. and support brackets - 24 1/2 lbs. (11) 2 - P.80 ED{J. L. Edwards} Head Lamps - 16 lbs. N.B. This body is fitted with flared wings. | ||