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The readiness and specifications of car 4-Goshawk-11.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 33\2\  Scan081
Date  11th September 1923
  
To R, from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to CJ.

X.1698

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/LG/11.9.23.

4-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11.

The above car will be ready to bring to WW. at the end of this week. If convenient to you we propose bringing this car to WW - arriving on Tuesday the 17th. inst. The car is fitted with Balloon type tyres. The engine has the modified Camshaft, and 45° angle valves.

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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