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).
Departmental memo discussing the principles of body framework design and attachment to the chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\1\ scan0055 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1911 | |
| R.R. 348A (100 H) (W 603. 27.6.11). E.P. 9275. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. Issued 3rd October 1911 This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. (2) bodies on a framework which should be sufficiently robust to support the body without any assistance from the framework of the chassis, and that the points at which the body is attached to the frame should, theoretically, be as near as possible to the two uprights of the door. (See sketch C), - that is to say points D and E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} You will remember that Belvallettes have an arrangement by which the body is built entirely independent of the frame and is only attached to the frame by the four brack-etc, so that the frame may bend to any extent without affecting the body. I think that we must take up this matter seriously and that we might get one of the best body designers to go into the matter with us. That is to This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||