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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 plotting the angular distortion of a Cadillac V16 frame under different torque loads.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\1\  scan0129
Date  2nd May 1935 guessed
  
CADILLAC V16 FRAME DISTORTION
PURE TORQUE APPLIED TO FRONT
REAR END HELD TO ALLOW MOVEMENT IN HORIZONTAL PLANE
WEIGHT SUPPORTED AT CENTRE OF FRONT CROSS MEMBER
ANGULAR DISTORTION


18300 LBS INS
12200 LBS INS
6100 LBS INS
FRONT
77"
1ST BODY BRACKET
20"
2ND BODY BRACKET
20"
3RD BODY BRACKET
27"
4TH BODY BRACKET
36"
5TH BODY BRACKET
20"
REAR
  
  


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