Secret memo reporting on the fault-free completion of the first 1500 miles of a 10,000-mile test on car 18-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\2\ 02-page022 | |
| Date | 20th December 1928 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BL. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [crossed out] c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} [crossed out] c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [crossed out] X7941 22 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/LG20.12.28. S E C R E T. 10,000 MILES ON 18-EX CAR. We have received information by wire that 18-EX car has completed 1500% miles in France and no faults have developed. 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).