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).
Complete car, body, chassis, and maximum permissible body weights for a 3 1/4 Litre Bentley prototype.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\3\ scan0021 | |
| Date | 3rd August 1933 | |
| X258 To EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}20/KT.3.8.33. 3¼ LITRE BENTLEY WEIGHTS. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn23/MH{M. Huckerby}2.8.33. The Bentley car now running in France is the same in almost every detail as the production chassis. We can therefore accept its weight as representative of its production prototype. (1) Complete car weight, full of petrol, oil, water, one spare wheel and tyre, tool kit, battery etc:- 30 cwt. 3 qrs. 21 lbs. (2) Complete body weight (Saloon body); includes everything supplied and fitted by the coachbuilder, viz: all wings, running boards, lamps, body and all its fittings including all fixing bolts and packings:- 8 cwt. 2 qrs. 7 lbs. (3) From the above we get a chassis weight of :- 22 cwt. 1 qr. 14 lbs. which includes - water, petrol, oil, battery, instruments, one spare wheel and tyre, and all wing stays and bonnet. The maximum permissible body weight which includes all the features enumerated in (2) has been fixed at 8½ cwts. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||