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).
Requesting the weighing of non-standard components before fitting to the chassis to monitor and reduce weight.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\4\ scan0132 | |
| Date | 29th October 1934 | |
| To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, x4538 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}11/KW.29.10.34. Chassis Component Weights. We are endeavouring to keep check of the above and to reduce weight where possible. Will you therefore please arrange for all components other than standard to be weighed before fitting to the chassis and let us have these weights from time to time. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring} | ||