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List indicating the position and status of various experimental cars.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\4\  scan0187
Date  7th December 1935
  
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
X 1042
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 1/KW.7.12.35.

The following is a list indicating the
position of Experimental Cars :-

Cars in Fitting Shop.

32-EX. For modifications - body being mounted.

4-B-IV. "

18-G-IV. Cyl. head changeover and geared starter.

21-G-IV. For modifications.

Buick. To be dismantled for inspection.

Cars for Evening Transport.

28-EX. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

B-23-AE. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Other Cars.

1-B-IV. In Exptl. Garage, large bore
development and ignition tests.

5-B-IV. Body and chassis in Exptl. Garage,
engine stripped in Fitting Shop.

B-23-AE. In Exptl. Garage, engine pinking tests,
large and small S.U. carburetters,
exhaust tests.

B-56-BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} At Chateauroux(French test region).
  
  
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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