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Aesthetics of the 10-EX sports car, referencing photographs taken at Brooklands.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 70\1\  scan0067
Date  4th November 1927
  
To DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6/LG4.11.27.

RE. SPORTS CAR. X788

Herewith photographs of 10-EX taken on
Brooklands. You will notice that with the sloping away
of the rear seats the car does look rather front heavy.

In a way I think the louvred bonnet improves
the appearance of the car by breaking up the massiveness of
the body.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief 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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