Measurement data for a Bentley chassis frame, boxed at the front end and complete with a dashboard.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\4\ scan0203 | |
| Date | 7th August 1935 | |
| To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /KS.1/KW. 7. 8. 35. Bentley Chassis Frame Boxed in at Front End and complete with Dashboard. 1st Point First Cross Member 28" 2nd " Rear of where cross bracing was mounted 48" 3rd " 1st Body Bracket 27" 4th " 2nd " " 26" 5th " 3rd " " 35" 6th " Rear Cross Member Front centres at 25". Rear centres at 43". points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 400 lbs. | 8 - 30 | 6 - 40 | 2 - 30 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 40'R | 0 - 30'L 600 lbs. | 11 - 40 | 9 - 20 | 5 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 20 | 0 - 20'L 800 lbs. | 15 - 40 | 12 - 10 | 5 - 30 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 10'L 1000 lbs. | 20 - 0 | 15 - 20 | 7 - 10 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 30 | 0 - 0' Frame balanced about centre of front cross member. N.S.R. shackle anchored, and O.S. shackle supported on trestle. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /K. Scholes. | ||
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).