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).
Requesting comparative weights for the India front axle against the old axle and stating the weight of a new forging.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\N\October1925-December1925\ Scan2 | |
| Date | 2nd October 1925 | |
| TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}. ORIGINAL DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}6/M2.10.25. INDIA FRONT AXLE. X5420 X.4538 We have not yet received the comparative weights between the four wheel brake axle, and the old axle. The forging we have down here weighs 32 lbs. It would be interesting to know what the old forging weighed. + H speed + S speed RECEIVED DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} [signature] | ||