Sale of experimental car 27-EX, including a final test run and the replacement of experimental carburettors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\4\ scan0067 | |
| Date | 4th March 1932 | |
| 8180. RECEIVED HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1932 MAR 5 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wox. Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} re 27-EX. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 9/E4.3.32 X7120. I am in receipt of Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/MJ.3.3.32 and am pleased to note you agree that 27-EX should be sold. I note you would like to run it round Brooklands before parting with it and that you expect to hand it over to the Repair Dept. for the usual inspection before the car is sold by the end of next week, and I presume you will remove your experimental S.U. carburettors and put back the standard carburetter. 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).