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).
Guidelines on calculating vehicle load based on car type, seating, and luggage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67a\1\ scan0053 | |
| Date | 5th January 1926 | |
| - 3 - CWB1/EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/5.1.26 contd. 7. Contd. for each type of car, thus the load in the case of a Limousine, Enclosed-drive, might be two in front and two behind. In the case of a Landaulet one in front and two behind. In the case of an Open Touring two in front and one behind. If a luggage grid is carried 50 lbs. extra should be allowed on the back, these figures to be taken whatever the customer or Coachbuilder says is the seating capacity, or the load he proposes to carry. At the same time such efforts as are possible should be made to arrive more nearly at the actual weight of finished cars so that the margin of error due to in-correct estimation is as small as possible. COPY CWB. CWL | ||