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Weighbridge certificate and equipment list for chassis 29CL.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 71\3\  scan0446
Date  13th August 1928 guessed
  
H & Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Chassis No. 29CL.
Quantity of Water in Radiator 2 1/2 Gals
,, Petrol in Tank 8.
Are Wheels wire or steel artillery Wire (Well Base)

State which of the following fitted at time car weighed:

Wind Horn. ✓
Registration Number Plates. ✓
Lucas Headlights. ✓
Lucas Side Lamps on Wings. ✓
,, ,, off Scuttle or Screen.
,, Tail Lamp. ✓
Instrument Board Lamp. 2.
Spot Light. ✓
Dipping Headlight Mechanism ✓
Mascot. ✓
Speedometer. ✓
Clock. ✓
Driving Mirror. ✓
Dictograph.
Extra Seats.
Back Windscreen. Auster.
Mats to front. ✓
Mats to rear. ✓
Hood Envelope.
Side Curtains.
Screen Wiper. Subrette Twin ✓.
Buffers, front.
Buffers, Rear.
Luggage Rail.
Luggage Grid. RR ✓
Spare Wheel Brackets: Rear 1 Near 1 Off
Number of Spare Wheels. 1.
Number of Spare Tyres. 1.
Discs to Wheels. ✓
Battery. In Frame
Kit of Chassis Tools and Spares.
Magneto to Engine. ✓

Handwritten notes on left:
Buffer to axle-
No passengers. 8 galls petrol + no tools
Rear { NS. {Norman Scott} 3 1/2" | OS. 3 5/8"
Frt. { NS. {Norman Scott} 2 1/8" | OS. 2 1/8"

Four passengers. full petrol tanks but no kit of tools
Rear { NS. {Norman Scott} 2 7/8" | OS. 3"
Frt { NS. {Norman Scott} 2" | OS. 2"

Weight Table:
c q lbs
f. {Mr Friese} a. {Mr Adams} w. 21- 2- 7.
r. {Sir Henry Royce} a. {Mr Adams} w. 23- 3- 7
Total. 45 - 1 - 14

35835. W.P. & Co., Ltd.
  
  
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).


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