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).
Providing the weights of three trial cars, with a handwritten note regarding their springs.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\2\ scan0128 | |
Date | 24th February 1926 | |
Jessop S to W Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C/Bk{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager}9/LH{Mr Haworth}24226 re Weights of trials cars ----------------------- With further reference to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/LG20226., we have secured the weights of the following cars. :- 101-MC. 40/50 landaulette. T2.11.2.7. New PhantomCodename for PHANTOM I. 14-LK.{L. King} 40/50 cabriolet. T2.10.3.7. Silver Ghost. 103-MC. 40/50 open. T2. 8.1.14. New PhantomCodename for PHANTOM I. We shall be glad to hear if you require any more of these weights. So far as I know none of these springs have been changed, but perhaps you will confirm this from your records. C/Bk.{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager} PR.{Percy H. Rose} | ||