Dangerous mud-guards on a trial car and a directive to stop calling it the 'Speed Car'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\4\ 04-page005 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1911 | |
| Copy of memo. CJ/431011. 3rd October 1911. S to W. 3.10.11. The mud-guards of the car on which the Trial was made are about 4" within the line of the axle caps. Drivers are in the habit of considering that if the mudguards will pass an obstacle the wheels will pass. Therefore, these mudguards are dangerous, and should be attached to a thin projection at the forward part, which would act as a gauge. Please give directions throughout the Works that this car is not to be known as the "Speed Car" as it gives the impression that it is a special car; a special chassis; whereas I understand that it is simply a standard chassis save for its springing. (Sgd) C.J. | ||
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).