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).
Instruction regarding coachbuilder feedback on body support points, suggesting a delay in designing a heavier body until experiments on frame ties are completed.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\1\ scan0075 | |
| Date | 14th November 1911 | |
| R.R. 300 6 B. (W. 524 -5-5-11) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 1693 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. INSTRUCTIONS. RECEIVED 14 NOV 1911 F / 14.11. 1911 To: O.D. Order No.: Customer's No.: X393 Re: Attached - 8pm meeting Please see report following visits to coachbuilders with Mr. Oldham. As none of the coachbuilders recommend supporting a body on 4 points (points under door pillars) I suggest we wait experiments now being made with frame ties etc. - before designing a body, of such necessarily increased weight, capable to support itself yet which in coachbuilders opinion, would not be satisfactory if supported on 4 points. Signed: F H RoyceSir Henry Royce This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||