Listing cars in the Experimental Department as of October 31st 1923, including test vehicles for 4-wheel brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\2\ scan0176 | |
| Date | 1st January 1924 | |
| To My/G. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Handwritten: Y9440 Handwritten: X180 (crossed out) / Y9440 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LC7.1.24. With reference to the list of cars attd. These were all in the Expl: Dept: on Oct. 31st. 1923. In addition to these we had an 8-cyl. Isotta Fraschini, also 4-G-11 complete 20 HP. car fitted with Hooper open body. We also had in the Expl: Dept: - 4 40/50 HP. long type chassis fitted with bodies. These were sent to us to be used in connection with experiments on 4-wheel brakes. The particulars of these cars are as follows :- 98-NK - Barker open body. 35-PK - " " " 9-PK - Hooper Landaulet. 93-NK - Bark Ward all-weather. 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).