Body and front seat dimensions for Goshawk models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan191 | |
| Date | 26th June 1922 | |
| BJ. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} V3730 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG26.6.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) BODIES. X3730 Y429 Referring to your BJ1/H26.6.22. The minutes of the Sales Conference stated that a body should be tried 2½" wider on 4-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. When I was at Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence), we had 4/6-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 cars there and measured up the various dimensions on the bodies. The width of the front seat on 4-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 was 42" - the width of the front seat on 6-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 was 45", which is ½" wider than the dimension stated at the Sales Conference. We also tried, with R. {Sir Henry Royce} , the seating positions of 4-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 and 6-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. It was agreed that 4-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 was too cramped but with 6-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 there was ample room, so much so that R. {Sir Henry Royce} considered that the width of the front seat should be about 1" less on 6-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. At Derby we are in agreement that the front seats on 4-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 are too cramped but we think there is ample room on 6-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 and anything above this will make a cumbersome looking car. 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).