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).
The road testing of car 1-B-50 and the discrepancy between the estimated and actual body weight.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 23th June 1938 | |
| Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 804 BY.18/G.23.6.38. BODY FOR 1-B-50. With reference to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}5/E.18.6.38 it is necessary to run the car for some distance before we arrange for Mr. Finney and Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} to come to consider the position, as results are required to base our future work upon. I will see you are informed at the time the meeting is arranged. What Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} was remarking upon was the estimated weight for 1-B-50 given by Park Ward & Co. to Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} recorded in Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}8/AH.2.5.38. and the weight of the actual body. The weights in question being :- Estimated 9¼ cwts. Actual 12 cwts. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||