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).
Anticipated weight savings from alterations to a standard design and future post-war modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\2\ scan0147 | |
| Date | 13th March 1944 guessed | |
| -5- Alteration to Standard. Anticipated Weight Saving. Comments. Forward: 584 Aluminium Drums with front hubs integral with the drums. ? 25 lbs. 609 We lose something on curb weight owing to 2 gals. additional petrol being carried. Weight of 11.B.V. = 37. 1. 17. Predicted weight of 15.B.V. = 32 cwts. Other points in Specification. Light fillter cap in wing. 12 x 43 or equivalent rear axle gears. Latest hand brake lever. After the war we shall hope to fit :- . Saving (a) Magnesium gearbox & clutch pit. 9 (b) Column to PL.274 with lightest steering wheel. 16 (c) Aluminium axle to PL.242 and Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}599 18 (d) Lighter suspension levers. 6 | ||