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).
Requesting that all non-standard components be weighed before fitting to the chassis to monitor and reduce weight.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\1\ Scan072 | |
| Date | 29th October 1934 | |
| x7520 To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}11/KW. 29.10.34; Chassis Component Weights. We are endeavouring to keep check of the above and to reduce weight where possible. Will you therefore please arrange for all components other than standard to be weighed before fitting to the chassis and let us have these weights from time to time. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring} | ||