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Cover note for a report regarding a Gwynne all-weather body fitted to a 5-Goshawk-11 car after 10,000 miles of use.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 46\2\  Scan060
Date  30th March 1922
  
X4086
W/S {Derby Works / Sales}
Sp. {Mr Spinney} from EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
c. to Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 8/LG30.3.22.
RE. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11. BODIES.
X3720
X4086
[Faint stamp text: RECEIVED 1804]
The following is a report received from Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} re Gwynne all-weather body fitted to 5-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 which he is now running as the Express Car for 10,000 miles in France.
report attached.
EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
  
  
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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