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).
Weight increase of the 40/50 chassis due to production modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\1\ Scan055 | |
| Date | 12th January 1933 | |
| x7840. To EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.D. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Mtn. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}1/KT.12.1.33. RE. WEIGHT OF 40/50 CHASSIS. In reply to your memo of 6.1.33. we have checked over the modifications to production chassis for the last 12 months, i.e. N. 2. series to O - and we can account for the increase of approx. 130 lbs which is in the chassis alteration during this period. Attached is a list of former and present production weights showing the increase. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd. | ||