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Listing the status and specifications of various experimental cars.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 20\11\  Scan202
Date  4th June 1926
  
To Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG4.6.26.

EXPERIMENTAL CARS.

Replying to Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 3/M1.6.26. The following is a list of experimental cars :-

40/50 HP.

5-EX. Fitted with Springfield built saloon body. 4-wheel brakes.

PHANTOM.

44-PK. Barker saloon.
98-NK. Open touring.
8-EX. Barker subframe saloon.
7-EX. Barker all-weather. Being used by R. {Sir Henry Royce} at WW.
10-EX. Fitted with sports body.
12-EX. EAC.Vlll being prepared for 10,000 miles test.
EAC.1. Cabriolet body.
Hawk(Aero Engine)-Northcliffe.
Hispano.
Lancia-Lambda.

20 HP.

9-G-111 Open touring.
11-G-111 Barker limousine mounted on subframe.
10-G-111 Barker cabriolet subframe. (Just completed 10,000 miles in France).
1-G-1

Since the last list, the following cars have been disposed of :-

8-G-111. Fitted with open touring body.

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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