Revised design for the Goshawk wheel carrier on the running board, requesting a prototype and a price.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\5\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 1st October 1922 | |
| To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to CJ. c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} X4085 Dal/M4.10.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) - WHEEL CARRIER ON RUNNING BOARD X.4085. We send you herewith N.sch. 1332 shewing a revised wheel carrier on the near side to be used for carrying the spare wheel (which is normally at the rear) when a luggage grid is in use. The modifications we have made are necessitated by the removal of the trough which the coachbuilders have objected to on account of its ugliness when the wheel is not in position, which is normally the case. We would like you to make one of these, substituting bronze castings for any of the forgings, and to try it for its general rigidity, and also service on a car, at a very early date, as we shall be receiving orders for these in quantities very shortly, and we feel it highly advisable that this fitment should be of our design and manufacture. Will you please arrange for a price for this carrier to be sent to both ourselves and Sales. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||
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).