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).
Internal request for the weight of a 22 G.5 car with a Thrupp & Maberly body for comparison with the Wraith II.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\4\ scan0146 | |
| Date | 1st May 1936 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Copy to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/MN.1.5.36. F.D. Please supply figures if you have them Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Would you kindly let us have the weight of 22 G.5, the car with the Thrupp & Maberly Enclosed Limousine body. We would like to know the weight of the complete car, the weight of the coachwork, and the weight of the extras and accessories. This being a replica of one of the latest and biggest bodied 25/30 H.P. cars, we wish to use it as a comparison for Wraith II. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||