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).
Inquiry about the weight of a 26-EX Continental Saloon body, in order to commission a duplicate with a weight limit.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan056 | |
Date | 14th October 1930 | |
S/W (Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) W X7120. 15 5/36 Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}/Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}24/EDI/14-10-30. 26-EX - CONTINENTAL SALOON. Can you kindly tell us quickly the weight of the special Saloon body by Parkers mounted on this chassis. In giving us the weight of the body, please deduct the weight of the sub-frame and, of course, all accessories such as screen wipers, wind horn, number plates, instruments, but including such coachwork fittings as sun vizors, wings, running boards, tool boxes. We are about to order a duplicate of the body and we want to stipulate that it shall not weigh more than the body on 26-EX. - 11 3/4 cwt Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||