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Secret memo concerning the 'INDIA' 20 HP car, complete with 4-wheel brakes, and its proposed arrival.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 57\1\  Scan120
Date  2nd May 1925
  
45770

To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to CJ. BJ.
c. to RG. {Mr Rowledge} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}

S E C R E T.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/LG2.5.25.

'INDIA(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes)' WITH 4-WHEEL BRAKES.

We shall have a 20 HP. car complete with 4-wheel brakes and servo, and 4-speed box on the road this week-end.
We propose bringing this car to W.W. arriving on Thursday morning next unless anything unforeseen happens, or that it is not convenient to you.

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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