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 a Weymann body and a request to adjust the rear springs accordingly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\1\ scan0171 | |
| Date | 16th November 1925 | |
| X8830 S/W (Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) CWB21/LH{Mr Haworth}16.11.25. 93-NK. WEYMANN BODY. I have enquired of the Makers the weight of this body, and they advise it will be about 8½ cwts. The usual tools and spares will be carried. The normal load may be taken as three passengers and one cwt. of luggage, but in order to test the chassis under the loading conditions of a standard body, an extra two cwt. of lead will be carried in the back. Will you please arrange for the rear springs to be suitable for these conditions, and in doing so, the springs should be selected as a mean between the stiffest and the weakest which the limits at present in force permit. CWB CWB. | ||