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Proposed visit to test the 12-EX car and the aluminium Phantom engine.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\P\2July1926-September1926\  Scan196
Date  21th September 1926
  
To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to BJ. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} ✓
c. to RG. {Mr Rowledge} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} ✓
c. to BA. Byd.✓

ORIGINAL

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG21.9.26.

VISIT TO WW.

[Handwritten]
X1698
X7940

We propose coming to WW. on Wednesday next, unless we hear it is inconvenient.

We shall bring 12-EX car which has recently run 10,000 miles in France.

We expect before we come, to have had a run out of the aluminium Phantom engine on the test bed.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} !
  
  
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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