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).
Preference for a 6-inch frame over an 8-inch frame for new cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\3\ scan0290 | |
| Date | 16th March 1914 | |
| R R.{Sir Henry Royce} 235 A (150 H) (V.V. 585. 23.2.14) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 0363. COPY. To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Copy to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Copy to Na.{Mr Nadin} R8/P. 16.3.14. X1045 FRAMES. I should be glad of your opinion, but it appears to me that we should be better off with a 6" frame for the new cars than the 8" frame, even if we made it with sloghtly heavier metal, of course, using the trusses, providing you are satisfied with the cantilever and after being reinforced which may make this so much better that it will be quite unnecessary for us to increase the depth to 8". We are trying a rough design with this depth. R.{Sir Henry Royce} MADE AT CROXLEY | ||