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).
List of drawing schemes and their applicability to a dummy chassis and frame modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0066 | |
| Date | 11th January 1938 guessed | |
| -2- These are all new drawings applicable to the 1½" lower level top of frame. In the case of the Hand Brake Lever G.CD.206, all further particulars of the mechanism can be obtained from G.CD.72 already sent to you for the original Hand Brake Lever on the old frame. The following drawings already sent to you are applicable to the second dummy chassis, which will be used for the second body 2.B.5. with the exception that a new level top of frame should be drawn on them 1½" below that which is shewn:- Rear spring aft shackle and 1st. crossmember..................... LeC. 5783 Starting handle and front bumper bracket.......................... F.CD.10. *Radiator shell........................ LeC.5514 Wing stays, lamps, and horns........ F.CD.18. Petrol tank, sheet 2................ F.CD.15. Battery box and mounting, shts 1. & 2. PD.11. Rear wheel arch clearances.......... PD.6. *Front end of car...................... PD.5. Layout of driving positions.......... PD.4. Front bumper ........................ F.CD.30. Rear bumper ......................... F.CD.57. *Hand Brake Lever...................... G.CD.72. Bonnet Dimensions 2.250" behind back of dash....................... F.CD.110. Petrol filler........................ F.CD.31. Where the above schemes are marked by an asterisk it indicates that certain parts of them have been modified by a subsequent scheme supplied to you. You have already received the following schemes which are applicable to this second dummy, and which show the latest frame:- Arrangement of Frame.................. PD.32. Bonnet valance strip, and contour..... F.CD.303. Petrol pump mounting................ F.CD.299. Instrument board.................... DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1589. Cont'd.. | ||