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 analysis of a car, detailing chassis, body, extra coachwork features, and accessories.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\3\ scan0086 | |
Date | 10th January 1935 | |
-2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}1/KW.10.1.35. Cwts. qrs. lbs. 5-B-IV complete car weight 33 3 14 " chassis weight 23 1 21 " body weight 10 1 21 Extra coachwork weight accounted for by Exptl. features as follows :- (1) Steel wings and running boards 1 12 (2) Rubberised rear foot wells 3 (3) Latex cushions and squabs 15 (4) Limpeted body 2 0 (5) Fisher ventilators 1 0 (6) Built in rear number plates 4 (7) Metal floor under front seat 3 (8) Special luggage compartment 15 Total = 1 1 24 Accessories :- P.100 Headlamps 22 2 Lucas electric horns 8 2 side lamps 1/2 Klaxon wiper 5 Total = 1 7 1/2 If we subtract the Exptl. coachwork total weight plus the accessories we arrive at - 8 cwts. 2 qrs. 17 1/2 lbs. which is equivalent to the weight of a standard Bentley Saloon. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd. | ||