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).
Weight of accessories, tools, and bodies for experimental cars 18-EX and 22-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\1\ Scan018 | |
| Date | 30th January 1929 | |
| W/S. To Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}/Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}2/LG30.1.29. 47840 EXPERIMENTAL CAR 18-EX. 47830 43594 With reference to Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}/Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}25/ED{J. L. Edwards}1/29.1.29. We think that you can allow 77 lbs. for the accessories and tools on 18-EX. The P.100 head lamps are distinctly heavy. The car had two spot lights, carried the usual kit of tools, Dunlop jack, wheel spanner etc. We find that the Barker body we have just received for 22-EX weighs 11 1/2 cwts. - as received - without instruments or any fitment other than the bare body on the subframe. This is of course a maximum type body but it seems rather heavy - it will weigh over 13 cwts. complete with tools, wings, valances, and instruments. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||