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).
New standard body weight from Park Ward and explaining weight discrepancies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\3\ scan0236 | |
| Date | 8th December 1936 | |
| FILE 258 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}9/JH.8.12.36. Park Wards new standard body weight with 18 galls. of petrol is given as 34. 0. 7. Park Wards previous weight figures with 17 galls. of petrol was. 33 2 26¼ an increase of 36 lbs. or 1 8¼ The difference of 14¼ lbs. between the figures given for P.W's. previous (wings) and the std. Park Ward wt. at the side of the Vanvooren figures is explained by there being no wheel cover. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/F.Dodd | ||