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Calculating the weight of coachwork with additions to a B.III body to create a B.50.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 112\2\  scan0027
Date  27th June 1938 guessed
  
Appendix.

Weight of Complete Coachwork of 1.B.5 less accessories.
Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
9 0 7

Additions to B.III body to make B.50.
Increase in height of panels - 1.500 9
Increase in height of head & glasses 2.000 6
Increase in length of body in doors 3.000 1 2
Addition of quarter light. 15
Addition of running boards. 2 0
Addition of division & tables. 2 14

Total. 10 2 25

Say 10 3 0

Actual weight of body - 12 0 1
  
  
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).


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