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Specification letter to coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. Ltd. outlining chassis details and drawing references for a Silver Dawn 80.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 119\4\  scan0205
Date  21th June 1939
  
c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
1025
21st. June 1939.
BY.10/C.
Messrs. Park Ward & Co. Ltd.,
473 High Road,
Willesden,
London. N.W.10.
Dear Sirs,
Re Chassis 33.G.V11. (SILVER DAWN 80.)
Specification of Chassis applicable to Coachwork.
Further to our letter of the 21st inst. (ref. BY.4/N.) we send herewith blueprints (in duplicate) of the list of coachbuilders chassis drawings F.CD.1080 applicable to 33.G.V11 Silver Dawn 80.
The body design is shewn on PD.463.
All interior dimensions to be worked to.
The frame is as used for B.50 chassis, except in the following features :-
Assembly of frame cross and Front pan. - See FB.4047 sent to you for B.50 used in conjunction with FW.1789 (sheet 2) sent to you for 30.G.V11
Starting Handle and Bracket. See PD.307 sent to you for 30.G.V11
Radiator and Radiator Shell. See PD.233 sent to you for 30.G.V11
Wing Stays, lamps and horns. See PD.345 sent to you for 30.G.V11
Bonnet dimensions - front of car. See PD.285 sent to you for 30.G.V11
Front Bumper and Bracket. See PD.307 sent to you for 30.G.V11
Rear Bumper and Bracket. See F.CD.1026 sent to you for 30.G.V11 and F.CD.1188 sent to you for B.5.
  
  
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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