Secret memo from 'Sg' to 'Hs' detailing trial results of an 18 HP Lanchester and comparing it to the 'Peregrine' project.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\3\ Scan082 | |
| Date | 22th February 1932 | |
| SECRET. To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Sgll/E22.2.32 - 2 - The brakes I thought were very good. Speaking generally, my impressions after our original trial were that it was a good car but, as the result of this extended trial I feel very differently about it. My chief object in writing this memo. is to remove from anybody's mind the idea that I consider the 18 HP Lanchester as represented by this car to be a good car. I feel that with our knowledge and experience "Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine)" will be far superior. This car is quite unlike a RR at any speed. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||
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).