Order status of bodies for the 'Goshawk' chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan051 | |
| Date | 15th November 1921 | |
| R.R. 950a. (20 T) (S.H. 326. 31-1-21). Bm. 2/6/15. To L.H.S. F.R. Spl/D615.11.21. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) ll. BODIES Mr. Hives mentioned today that six further 'Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))' chassis are in hand and will be completed immediately after the first six. No bodies have been ordered for these chassis which, Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} believes, are to be sent to Paris, America, etc., What sort of bodies should be prepared for these second six chassis, please? We have ordered for the first six:- [Handwritten note: 1st effort Items passed] [check] 1 Small Open Body by Mulliners...........(now in use) [check] 1 Larger " " " ..............(approved, but not yet mounted) [check] 1 Beatson 'All-weather' " ............(for Derby) [check] 1 Open Body by Hooper...................(for Mr.Royce) 1 Limousine body " ....................(for Derby) 1 All-weather....By Barker.............(for Conduit Street) --- 6 SP. {Mr Spinney} SF. [Handwritten note below] C.J. Will you please give me full instructions about the second half dozen - The first six bodies are all more or less experimental. C.W.J. [Stamp] RECEIVED 14 NOV 1921 | ||
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).