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).
Extract detailing observations on vehicle body construction, including aluminium castings for doors and frames, wheelbase, track, and wheel type.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\1\ scan0127 | |
Date | 14th January 1914 guessed | |
XJ93 Extract from. Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}/L24 1113 There are one or two points which might be of interest to a Coachbuilder in the body but probably do not interest us very much. The chief ones which I noticed are that the doors consist of an aluminium casting with simply a metal panel fastened on, also the door frames and posts form another aluminium casting. The wheel base is 138" and the track 58". Wood wheels | ||