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).
Summary of proposed weight and cost reductions for the Phantom III chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\3\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 26th August 1936 | |
| -3- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/KW.26.8.36. Summarising the position, we are sure that, after carefully going over the pieces, it is possible to get between 3 1/2 and 4 cwts. off the Ph.III chassis weight and make it on the whole a much more desirable automobile. It means a considerable amount of work, however. We are circulating a provisional specification showing what it is proposed to do to achieve this result. We should be interested to see Park Ward's specification for achieving a similar 7% reduction on the body. We do not think that, with a complete Ph.III car weight of 45 cwts. or less, there would be the slightest justification for a four-speed gearbox, which would mean a further saving in weight and cost. Even without this we are prepared to guarantee a considerable saving in cost on the lightened Ph.III chassis. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||