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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).
Graph showing the results of chassis and body torsion tests for an Oldsmobile Saloon with a Fisher Body.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 99\2\  scan0067
Date  15th June 1937
  
CHASSIS & BODY TORSION TESTS
OLDSMOBILE SALOON
FISHER BODY
WITHOUT HYSTERESIS
35,000 LBS-INS PER DEGREE TWIST.
15. JUNE 1937
O.{Mr Oldham} 2.
TWIST






138,375 LBS-INS
123,000 LBS-INS
107,625 LBS-INS
92,250 LBS-INS
76,875 LBS-INS
61,500 LBS-INS
46,125 LBS-INS
30,750 LBS-INS
15,375 LBS-INS
18"
13.75"
21.5"
27.25"
22"
12.5"
22"
26.5"
FRONT OF CHASSIS
FRONT AXLE
CRUCIFORM FRONT END
CRUCIFORM CENTRE
REAR SPRING SHACKLE ANCHORAGE
CRUCIFORM REAR END
REAR AXLE
  
  


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