Secret memo questioning the timeline for a 10,000-mile trial of the 'India' chassis with and without front-wheel brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 57\1\ Scan090 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1925 | |
| X5770 SECRET. To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from CJ. India(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes). CJ2/E27/2/25 What do you mean by: We Expect to have a car fitted with four wheel brakes two or three weeks after the date for the Experimental 'India(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes)'? Are you preparing for a 10,000 miles' trial of the India(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes) chassis without front wheel brakes at the earliest possible moment and a subsequent 10,000 miles trial of the chassis with brakes? If not, you should be preparing for these. CJ. | ||
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).