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).
The weight breakdown of a vehicle's body and chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan300 | |
| Date | 15th June 1936 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}21/KW.15.6.36. Body weighed 3 cwts 2 qrs. 7 lbs., including :- Rear cover, foot wells, front and rear seats and supporting frames, screen and wiper, all brackets and bolts relative. Not included were 2 heavy steel mallets, 2 jacks and handles, and 1 roll of tools , approx. 30/35 lbs. total. Chassis weighed 23 cwts., 3 qrs., including :- Rear wheels 19 x 5.50", front and spare 18 x 5.50", 2 front wings (37 lbs.), 2 extra headlamps, 4 Hartford dampers, reserve oil tank with one gallon of oil, one extra horn, one extra petrol pump and tap, one Pyrene extinguisher, all front and side cowlings, oil and water O.K. for running, NO PETROL. Standard chassis weights as obtained from Barker & Co.Ltd., B-76-GA & B-128-GA - both 22 cwts. 1 qr. 14 lbs. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.R. Ratcliffe. | ||