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).
Unexpectedly heavy weight of the body on the 26-EX Continental Saloon.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\1\ Scan044 | |
| Date | 17th October 1930 | |
| W/S. Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}/Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} X7840 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ra.1/MJ.17.10.30. X7120. 26-EX. CONTINENTAL SALOON. With reference to your note Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}/Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}24/EDL/14.10.30. As far as we can estimate the body on this car weighed 11½ cwt. This astonished us considerably as it was about 4 cwts. more than we had been led to anticipate. From this figure has to be subtracted the subframe weight of 109 lbs. to give the actual weight of the coachwork. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||