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The '2.EX CAR' after a 10,000-mile run in France, proposing a discussion on standardizing parts.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 181\M7\  img028
Date  7th April 1920
  
To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to CJ.
c. to BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
c. to DN.

Handwritten:
ORIGINAL
& draft X36
hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG 7.4.20

Typed:
X.3743 ✓ 2.EX CAR - RUN IN FRANCE. X.3647

This car is now back at the Works after completing 10,000 miles running. The car is in a very good condition and is running very nicely.

I propose to bring this car to W.W. early next week so that we can discuss the advisability of standardizing parts which have run on this car.

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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