Clarifying the specifications for a 20 HP car test, regarding its 'India' build features like the louvered bonnet and springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\1\ Scan146 | |
| Date | 22th June 1926 | |
| S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Copy to:- Q. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X5900 CWB1/GM/22-6-26. Re: 20 H.P. Car. 10,000 mile test 1644 (GUK-34) Your memo EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 11/H19626 received. It would appear that the use of the word 'India(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes)' in some of the correspondence concerning this chassis has been interpreted as meaning that it was required for India(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes), as you state that in accordance with India(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes)n specification it is fitted with Louvred bonnet and strong springs. If this louvred bonnet is of the new pattern with the louvres half worked in and half worked out, it will be useful to test, but otherwise a louvred bonnet is not required. As regards the springs I will advise Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} as soon as possible of the exact type of body and approximate weight which is being fitted so that the correct springs may be prepared and fitted when the car returns to Derby for the experimental features to be added. CWB. | ||
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).