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Specification for the coachwork of a Continental Touring Saloon, model 33-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\1\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 19th June 1935 | |
| Specification of Coachwork for 33-EX. Continental Touring Saloon. Chassis. Wide frame Phantom 2. For all particulars see drawings supplied. Steering "F" Type. All fittings untarnishable. Wheels - Rims 18 ins.diameter x 4ins. Tyres 7ins.section. Outside diameter 32.8 ins. Two side spare wheels. Body. Continental Touring Saloon, see design LeC.4263 (exact replica of 32-EX). Body Shell Construction. All framing to be of best seasoned English Ash and materially in accordance with LeC.4263 where shewn. All pillar and rail sections to be the same as used on the previous similar body for 32-EX. Rear wheel arches to be of sheet steel, as drawn and to S.W.G.18. Body crossmembers under front seat to be sheet steel pressings as drawn, and the seat runners to be mounted on the body bottom sides and the central tunnel. The intervening spaces to be filled in by a pair of light aluminium covers. Rear foot wells to be of aluminium, S.W.G.16 in contact with the body only on the attachment face. The attachment joint to be isolated with a strip of anti-squeak material. The foot well must be detachable. All ironing to be carried out with sheet steel flitch plates and gussets and all joint fixings to be made with bolts, or bolts and wood screws. Joints must contact only on the jointing face, all other surfaces being cleared to prevent creaks. The jointing face to have a greased paper insert. The centre hinge pillar to be of cast Alpax. The screen pillar to be wrapped with sheet steel (S.W.G.16) extending from the waistline to the cantrail, and going down to the body runner in the form of a triangular gusset. Contd: | ||