Trial of a wider front seat for Goshawk bodies to save expense.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan181 | |
| Date | 22th June 1922 | |
| BJ. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (X3)30 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 5/LG22.6.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) BODIES. BJ6/H21.6.22. X4086 X3730 With reference to the decision as regards the width of front seats, that a further body should be ordered and tried having a extra total width of 2½". 6-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 has just returned from France. This car is fitted with a Mulliner open touring body in which the total width of the front seats is 3".greater than the total width of 4-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. In order to save expense of ordering another body, this car could be tried by the Sales Dept. 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).